nyse q industry contract research organization pharmaceutical service consulting founded 1982 headquarters durham north carolina usa key people dennis gillings founder ari bousbib chairman and ceo tom pike vice chairman products support services for pharmaceutical biotech and medical companies and individuals revenue us approximately 4.2 billion in service revenue 2014 citation needed number of employees 35 000 2015 website http www.quintilesims.com quintiles ims holdings inc. branded as quintilesims 1 is an american multinational company serving the combined industries of health information technologies and clinical research . it is a fortune 500 company and the world s largest provider of biopharmaceutical development and commercial outsourcing services with a network of more than 50 000 employees conducting business in approximately 100 countries . 1 quintilesims is the world s largest contract research organization 2 as ranked by reported service revenues and is focused primarily on phase ii iv clinical trials and associated laboratory and analytical services . history edit in 1982 dennis gillings founded and incorporated quintiles transnational in north carolina . 3 quintiles transnational established quintiles pacific inc. and quintiles ireland ltd. in 1990 4 and in 1991 quintiles gmbh was established in germany and quintiles laboratories ltd. was established in atlanta georgia . 5 in september 1996 quintiles purchased innovex ltd. of britain for 747.5 million in stock . 6 quintiles went public in 1997 and completed a successful secondary stock offering . 7 over 2016 concluding on october 3 quintiles underwent a 17.6 billion merger with ims health becoming quintilesims . 1 8 references edit a b c smith rick . quintiles ims health complete 17b merger ; no word on any job cuts . wral techwire capitol broadcasting corporation inc. retrieved 2016 10 04 . inside quintiles the world s largest cro . outsourcing pharma.com . matthew herper november 22 2010 . money math and medicine . forbes magazine . retrieved july 21 2011 . quintiles pacific inc. private company information businessweek . quintiles laboratories limited private company information businessweek . derdak t atkins w 2005 . quintiles transnational corp . encyclopedia.com . cs1 maint uses authors parameter link olivia oran 9 may 2013 . quintiles ipo raises more than planned 947 million as stocks rally . reuters . henderson jennifer 3 october 2016 . quintiles ims health complete merger . triangle business journal american city business journals . retrieved 3 october 2016 . external links edit quintilesims website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title quintiles & oldid 742929309 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies based in reading berkshirecompanies based in durham north carolinacompanies based in north carolina by citycontract research organizationscompanies established in 1982fortune 500 companylife sciences industry1982 establishments in north carolinahidden categories cs1 maint uses authors parameterall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 6 october 2016 at 18 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view