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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.03

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-4 of Quintiles Transnational Corp., with respect to the proposed
combination of Quintiles Transnational Corp. and Pharmaceutical Marketing
Services Inc., of our report dated July 24, 1996, with respect to the audited
combined financial statements of the Innovex Companies for the year ended March
31, 1996, which report appears in the Form 8-K of Quintiles Transnational Corp.
dated January 27, 1999.

Reading, England
17 February 1999

                                                     /s/ KPMG