History
Quintiles was founded in 1982 by Dennis Gillings, Ph.D., CBE, then a professor of biostatistics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Key Dates:
- 1974: Dennis Gillings signs first contract to provide statistical and data management consulting for pharmaceutical clients.
- 1982: Quintiles, Inc., is incorporated in North Carolina.
- 1990: Quintiles Pacific Inc. and Quintiles Ireland Ltd. established
- 1991: Quintiles GMBH established in Germany; Quintiles Laboratories Ltd. established in Atlanta, Georgia
- 1996: Quintiles buys Innovex Ltd. and BRI International Inc., becoming the world's largest CRO
- 1997: Quintiles goes public, completing successful secondary stock offering.
- 1998: Quintiles is the first company in industry to break the $1 billion mark, when it reports net revenues of $1.19 billion.
- 1999: Company joins the S&P 500 Index.
- 2003: Board of Directors agrees to merge with Pharma Services Holdings Inc; Quintiles becomes a private company.
- 2009: Quintiles opens new corporate headquarters in Durham, North Carolina
- 2010: Quintiles opens new European headquarters in the UK and establishes operations in East Africa.
- 2011: Quintiles buys Advion Biosciences, a bioanalytical lab based out of Ithaca, New York
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