CSS Informatics Releases eLoader(TM) 4.0.

Most versatile technology for loading external data into Oracle Clinical and TMS 

WILMINGTON, N.C. -- PPD, Inc. (NASDAQ:PPDI) today announced that CSS Informatics, the clinical and safety data management consulting services and proprietary e-technologies division within PPD, has released an enhanced version of its specialized software product, eLoader[TM].

eLoader's pre-processing technology allows pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies to load patient response, vendor and laboratory data; trial protocol information and electronic data capture system data from external sources into Oracle Clinical([R]) and Oracle Thesaurus Management System (TMS). eLoader 4.0 offers enhanced capabilities, allowing users to load data into a study's test area and map to provisional objects within Oracle Clinical. Users can also perform eLoader dataset table management and show potential updates before loading data into Oracle Clinical or TMS.

"eLoader 4.0 offers our clients improved capabilities for managing their clinical and safety data, databases and validation processes," said Graham Downing, vice president of informatics. "A company loading a significant amount of data directly into Oracle Clinical and TMS can automate and speed the process of loading and validating data while ensuring the accuracy of that data."

The product also offers File Format Independence, which generates multiple source formats directly as files are loaded. Users have the flexibility to load text, SAS transport or CDISC ODM 1.1 XML files or load data directly from Oracle tables or views.

With offices in the United States and Europe, CSS Informatics provides consulting services and proprietary e-technologies for clinical and safety data management, including design, development, implementation and validation of clinical research data systems, training and regulatory consulting services. CSS Informatics is a division of PPD, a leading global contract research organization with more than 10,400 professionals and offices in 31 countries. For more information on CSS Informatics and PPD, visit our Web sites at http://www.cssinformatics.com and http://www.ppdi.com.

Except for historical information, all of the statements, expectations and assumptions contained in this news release, including expectations and assumptions about PPD's enhanced version of eLoader, are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Although PPD attempts to be accurate in making these forward-looking statements, it is possible that future circumstances might differ from the assumptions on which such statements are based. In addition, other important factors which could cause results to differ materially include the following: rapid technological advances that make our products and services less competitive; competition within the outsourcing industry; economic conditions and outsourcing trends in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, academic and government industry segments; continued success in sales growth; loss of large contracts; increased cancellation rates; the ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks associated with and dependence on collaborative relationships; risks associated with the development and commercialization of drugs, including earnings dilution and obtaining regulatory approval; risks associated with acquisitions and investments, such as impairments; risks that we may not continue our dividend policy; and the other risk factors set forth from time to time in the SEC filings for PPD, copies of which are available free of charge upon request from the PPD investor relations department.

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