After receiving nine individual Great Place to Work awards in 2013, Quintiles has again been recongnized as one of the World's Best Multinational Workplaces by Great Place to Work, ranking 18th on the 2013 list.

This ranking is the world's largets annual study of workplace excellence and identifies the top-25 best multinationals in terms of workplaceculture. Quintiles has been named to the Best Multinational Workplace list in each of the ranking's three years existence.

Quintiles received individual Great Place to Work awards in 2013 for its operations in Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Scotland, Spain and the United Kingdom.

"We are honored to be among the top -25 multinational workplaces again this year," commented Chief Administrative Officer Mike Mortimer. "As a service provider, the value we bring to our biopharma customers comes directly from our 27,000-plus employees around the world. Creating and maintaining a positive working environment which the best and brightest seek out is a key component of Quintiles ' success."

"The companies listed on the third-annual World's Best Multinational Workplace list are creating workplace dedicated to fostering trust, pride and camaraderie amongst their employees," said China Gorman CEO of Great Place to work. "Their inclusion on this prestigious list demonstrates their commitment to continually improving the lives of their employees and setting innovative new standards for the worplace of the future."