Perceptive Informatics Receives Frost & Sullivan Product Line Strategy Award

Tue. February 24, 2009; Posted: 06:00 AM

BOSTON, Feb 24, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/-- Perceptive Informatics, the industry's leading eClinical solutions provider and a subsidiary of PAREXEL International Corporation (Nasdaq: PRXL), today announced that it has received the Frost & Sullivan Product Line Strategy Award. Frost & Sullivan presented the award to Perceptive Informatics in recognition of its commitment to excel in the field of clinical technology solutions.

The Frost & Sullivan Product Line Strategy Award recognizes Perceptive Informatics for demonstrating insight into the needs and product demands of its customers. The award acknowledges the work that Perceptive Informatics has done to optimize its product line by leveraging products with the various price, performance, and feature points required by one or more market segments. Frost & Sullivan honored Perceptive Informatics for successfully conceiving and evolving a product portfolio that has wide influence on the drug development process.

"We are honored to receive the Product Line Strategy Award from Frost & Sullivan," said Steve Kent, President of Perceptive Informatics. "This important recognition reinforces our continued focus on technology innovation, commitment to improving clinical trial workflow and enhanced customer support. Our goal is to provide industry-leading eClinical technology capabilities to help clients improve the efficiency and productivity of their clinical studies."

The comprehensive product portfolio provided by Perceptive Informatics includes Interactive Voice and Web Response Systems (IVRS/IWRS), Medical Imaging, Electronic Data Capture (EDC) systems, Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS) and Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes (ePRO) solutions. Perceptive Informatics also provides eClinical systems integration and implementation services.

Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, tracks companies across various industries worldwide. For information about Frost & Sullivan and its Best Practices Program visit www.frost.com.

About Perceptive Informatics

Perceptive Informatics, a subsidiary of PAREXEL, is the industry's leading eClinical solutions provider. Perceptive Informatics offers unprecedented access to innovative eClinical technologies and resources, providing clinical trial sponsors, CROs, and other service providers with the benefits of an extensive line of products and services throughout the entire clinical development lifecycle. In August 2008 Perceptive was joined with ClinPhone plc, and the newly combined organization offers best-in-class eClinical software and services that increase the efficiency and productivity of clinical research. Perceptive's expansive product portfolio includes Interactive Voice and Web Response Systems (IVRS/IWRS), Medical Imaging, Electronic Data Capture (EDC) systems, Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS) and Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes (ePRO) solutions, as well as eClinical systems integration and implementation services. For more information about Perceptive Informatics, visit www.perceptive.com.

About PAREXEL

PAREXEL International Corporation is a leading global biopharmaceutical services organization, providing a broad range of knowledge-based contract research, medical communications and consulting services to the worldwide pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. Committed to providing solutions that expedite time-to-market and peak-market penetration, PAREXEL has developed significant expertise across the development and commercialization continuum, from drug development and regulatory consulting to clinical pharmacology, clinical trials management, medical education and reimbursement. Perceptive Informatics, Inc., a subsidiary of PAREXEL, provides advanced technology solutions, including medical imaging, to facilitate the clinical development process. Headquartered near Boston, Massachusetts, PAREXEL operates in 71 locations throughout 51 countries around the world, and has more than 9,250 employees. For more information about PAREXEL International visit www.PAREXEL.com.

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PAREXEL is a registered trademark of PAREXEL International Corporation, and Perceptive Informatics is a trademark of Perceptive Informatics, Inc. All other names or marks may be registered trademarks or trademarks of PAREXEL International Corporation, Perceptive Informatics, Inc. or their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged.

Contacts: Jennifer Baird, Senior Director of Public Relations PAREXEL International Tel: +781-434-4409 Email: Jennifer.Baird@PAREXEL.com Rebecca Passo SHIFT Communications Tel: +617-779-1817 Email: rpasso@shiftcomm.com

SOURCE PAREXEL International Corporation