Singapore, Nov 9, 2009: To meet the growing demand for its services throughout the Asia-Pacific region, Quintiles has opened its expanded regional headquarters facility in Singapore’s Science Park I.

 

Occupying three floors of Science Park’s new Cintech IV building, the new Quintiles regional headquarters facility doubles the size of its previous space in Singapore and provides additional room for expansion as future demand grows.

 

“As the world’s biopharmaceutical services leader and the fastest growing clinical development organization in Asia, we are proud of our history, growth and long-standing commitment to the entire Asia-Pacific region,” said Dennis Gillings, Chairman and CEO, Quintiles. “Today’s grand opening of our new regional headquarters facility here in Singapore is a major milestone for our organization and this region – a region we’ve been proud to call home for more than 15 years.”

 

Quintiles has leased About 79,000 square feet (7,300 square meters) of space in the new Cintech IV building – space capable of accommodating approximately 550 employees when fully occupied.

 

“Quintiles’ expansion today, to make Singapore its strategic home-base in Asia to drive regional expansion, represents a strong endorsement of Singapore’s capabilities in regional clinical trial coordination and research. Coupled with our capabilities in translational research, pharmaceutical and biotech companies can leverage Singapore as a one-stop location to carry out through-train drug discovery and development,” said Mr. Gan Kim Yong, Minister for Manpower, Singapore.

 

“The Asia-Pacific region and the more than 4,000 professionals we employ here continue to be an integral and growing force in the global drug development and commercialization marketplace,” said Anand Tharmaratnam,, Senior Vice President and Head of Clinical Development for Quintiles Asia-Pacific. “Our new facility provides us with the technology, resources and scalability necessary to meet the needs of our customers in today’s new healthcare landscape as well as scale our operations to meet their needs in the future.”