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BOSTON, March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PAREXEL International Corporation (Nasdaq: PRXL), a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, today announced that the Company had completed the expansion of three Clinical Pharmacology Research Units located in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States; London, United Kingdom; and Berlin, Germany in order to meet growing client demand for expertise-based studies in the early phases of clinical development.

"Continued expansion of local capabilities combined with an integrated global clinical pharmacology presence has been a cornerstone of PAREXEL's leadership in early clinical development. As biopharmaceutical companies have been conducting more Phase I and Proof of Concept studies with increasing complexity, PAREXEL has been well positioned to meet their needs. In this regard, we are a top provider of expertise-based Phase I services and have more than 550 beds, which is among the largest capacities worldwide," said Herman Scholtz, M.D., Head of International Clinical Pharmacology, PAREXEL. "Clients rely on our in-depth medical and therapeutic expertise to help them conduct rigorous clinical trials in order to identify and select promising new compounds." Dr. Scholtz added, "Long before hospital-based units became an industry best practice, PAREXEL saw the benefit of that approach and located our clinical pharmacology research units in hospitals in order to provide a safe, high-quality environment for early phase development activities."

In Baltimore, PAREXEL's Clinical Pharmacology Research Unit has been expanding capabilities and capacity for client programs since 2001, when the unit opened. With its most recent expansion, the unit now has 90 beds, representing the larg
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