(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) – Milan, Oct 27 – Roche announces that it has started negotiations in Italy with Quintiles, a multinational group that is world leader in services dedicated to companies in the pharmaceutical and biotechnological sector. The agreements under negotiation provide for the acquisition by Quintiles of the Roche business branch consisting of Business Units Mature Products dedicated to medical-scientific information and marketing activities on some mature products, with the simultaneous transfer to Quintiles of 75 employees with permanent employment contracts (chemical-pharmaceutical CCNL). Consultations with the Unions to illustrate the contents and characteristics of the envisaged transaction, as required by current legislation. Com- (RADIOCOR) 10-27-10
Editor's note: Quintiles Transactional Corporation is the largest multinational active in services to pharmaceutical companies (CRO), clinical trials, commercial marketing services. Founded in 1982 by statistician Dennis Gillings, Quintiles currently has (March 2010) approximately 23,000 employees in more than 50 countries worldwide. It is based near Research Triangle Park in North Carolina.
Dennis Gillings
