SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              Washington, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) January 12, 1998


                         Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


        Delaware                    1-11182                     11-2872047
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     (State or Other       (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer
       Jurisdiction                                     Identification No.)
    of Incorporation)

830 Bear Tavern Road, West Trenton, New Jersey                  08628-1020
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                         (Zip Code)


                                 (609) 883-2000
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                             (Registrant's telephone
                          number, including area code)



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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)




     Item 4. Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.

     On  January  12,  1998,  Bio-Imaging  Technologies,  Inc.  (the  "Company")
selected Arthur  Andersen LLP to act as independent  accountants for the Company
and informed the prior auditors,  Goldstein,  Golub, Kessler & Company, P.C., of
its  decision.  In  connection  with its audits for each of the two years in the
period ended September 30, 1997 and thereafter, there were no disagreements with
the prior  auditors  on any  matters  of  accounting  principles  or  practices,
financial  statement  disclosure,  or auditing  scope or  procedures.  The prior
auditors' report on the Company's financial statements for each of the two years
in the  period  ended  September  30,  1997  contained  no  adverse  opinion  or
disclaimer of opinion and was not modified or qualified as to uncertainty, audit
scope, or accounting principles. The decision to change accountants was approved
by the Board of Directors of the Company.  The prior auditors have furnished the
Company  with a letter  addressed  to the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission
stating their agreement with the above statements.

     Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

     (a) Financial Information of Businesses Acquired.

                  Not applicable.

     (b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

                  Not applicable.

     (c) Exhibits.

                  Exhibit No.
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                  Description of Exhibit
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                           16      Letter re:  Change in Certifying Accountants.







                                   SIGNATURES
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     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                          Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc.



                                          By: /s/Robert J. Phillips
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                                              Robert J. Phillips, Vice President
                                              and Chief Financial Officer
                                              (Principal Financial and
                                              Accounting Officer)


Date:  January 15, 1998