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                                                                   Exhibit 23.02

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference into the Company's Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 33-91026, 333-16553, 333-03603,
333-40493, 333-75183 and 333-60797) and the Registration Statements on Form S-3
(Registration Nos. 333-19009, 333-28919, 333-38181, 333-40497, 333-65743 and
333-48403) of our report dated January 26, 1998, except for Note 3, as to which
the date is June 3, 1999 with respect to the supplemental consolidated financial
statements of Quintiles Transnational Corp. included in its Current Report on
Form 8-K dated July 15, 1999 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



                                             /s/ Ernst & Young LLP




Raleigh, North Carolina
July 15, 1999