POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Fredric N. Eshelman, B. Judd
Hartman, June Knott and Lisa Noecker, and each of them acting
alone, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer of Pharmaceutical Product
Development, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 (and
any amendments thereto) under Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") in
accordance with the 1934 Act, and the rules promulgated
thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form ID, 3, 4, or 5 (and any amendments
thereto)and to file timely such Forms with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
Similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-
fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that
the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-
Fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-
in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16(a) of the 1934 Act.

	This Power of Attorney is governed by and shall be
Construed in accordance with the laws of the State of North
Carolina.  This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force
and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
such Forms with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned, which revocation shall
be evidenced in writing.  This Power of Attorney is executed
pursuant to the provisions of the North Carolina General
Statutes, Chapter 32A, Article 2, with the intention that this
Power of Attorney and the authority of said attorney-in-fact
hereunder shall continue in effect notwithstanding any
incapacity or mental incompetence which may be incurred by the
undersigned subsequent to the execution of this Power of
Attorney by the undersigned.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this 29th day of October 2010.

/s/ Lee E. Babiss
Lee E. Babiss