PAREXEL Reaches Milestone in Management of Oncology Trials Over Last Five Years Involving 175,000 Patients...( BOSTON May 27 /- PAREXEL Internationa...),Health

BOSTON, May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PAREXEL International Corporation (Nasdaq: PRXL), a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, today announced it has reached a milestone in managing oncology-based clinical trials over the last five years, which have involved over 175,000 patients in hundreds of programs across 80 countries. PAREXEL will be marking this milestone during the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, to be held May 29 - June 2, 2009 in Orlando, Florida. PAREXEL's hematology and oncology experts will be available during the ASCO meeting at Booth #1980 to discuss their capabilities to support the successful development of novel cancer treatments.

"Significant advances in targeted therapies for cancer have generated more competition for patient populations. To meet industry demand for conducting cancer trials across a broad range of indications, PAREXEL continues to leverage our global footprint and ability to manage complex programs on a worldwide scale to help biopharmaceutical companies access diverse patient populations, navigate regulatory issues, and identify effective investigators," said Mark A. Goldberg, M.D., Chief Operating Officer, PAREXEL International.

"With approximately 10 million people diagnosed with cancer each year worldwide, PAREXEL works with biopharmaceutical companies toward the goals of improving the development success rate for oncology drugs and getting treatments to patients sooner," said Denis R. Miller, M.D., Senior Medical Director, Clinical Research Services, PAREXEL. "Our global team of hematology and oncology experts helps clients advance important innovations through our understanding of unmet medical needs, the standards of available cancer care worldwide, and how new anticancer agents will be positioned in the treatment of patients, from th
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