8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 1, 2001
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                                    PDI, INC.
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             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

            DELAWARE                      0-24249               22-2919486
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(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)     (IRS Employer
         incorporation)                                      Identification No.)

         10 Mountainview Road,
        Upper Saddle River, NJ                                    07458
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(Address of principal executive office)                         (Zip Code)

                                 (201) 258-8450
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               Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

                          Professional Detailing, Inc.
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


Item 5. Other Events

      On October 1, 2001 PDI, Inc. (the "Company") effected an amendment to the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation (a) changing the Company's name from
Professional Detailing, Inc. to PDI, Inc.; and (b) increasing the Company's
authorized common stock from 30 million shares to 100 million shares. These
changes were approved by the Company's stockholders at the Company's 2001 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders.

Item 7 (c). Exhibits

      Exhibit #         Description of Exhibit
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      99.01             Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation
                        effective October 1, 2001


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                                    SIGNATURE

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                        PDI, INC.


                                        By: /s/ Charles T. Saldarini
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                                           Charles T. Saldarini, Vice Chairman
                                             and Chief Executive Officer

Date: October 2, 2001


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EX-99.01

                                  Exhibit 99.01

                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                         OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                          PROFESSIONAL DETAILING, INC.
                           (Pursuant to Section 242 of
                      the Delaware General Corporation Law)
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      Professional Detailing, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a corporation organized
and existing under and by virtue of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
"DGCL") does hereby certifies that:

      1. The name of the corporation is Professional Detailing, Inc.

      2. The Board of Directors of the Corporation duly adopted resolutions
setting forth two (2) proposed amendments (the "Amendments") to the Certificate
of Incorporation of the Corporation (the "Certificate of Incorporation"),
declaring the Amendments' advisability to its stockholders, and directing that
the Amendments be considered at the year 2001 annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Corporation. At the year 2001 annual meeting of stockholders of the
Corporation, a majority of the stockholders approved the Amendments. The
Amendments provide as follows:

      (i) That Article First of the Certificate of Incorporation shall be
amended to read in its entirety as follows:

      "FIRST: The name of the corporation is PDI, Inc. (hereinafter called the
      "corporation")";

      and

      (ii) That the first paragraph of Article Fourth of the Certificate of
Incorporation shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows:

      "FOURTH: The total number of shares of all classes of stock which this
      corporation shall have authority to issue is 105,000,000, consisting of
      (i) 100,000,000 shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share ("Common
      Stock") and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $.01 par value per
      share (the "Preferred Stock")."

      3. The Amendments herein certified have been duly adopted in accordance
      with the provisions of Section 242 of the DGCL by the Board of Directors.

      4. This Certificate of Amendment shall become effective as of 8:00 a.m.,
Eastern Standard Time, on October 1, 2001.

      Executed on this 28th day of September, 2001.

                        Professional Detailing, Inc.


                        By: /s/ Bernard C. Boyle
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                            Bernard C. Boyle
                            Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


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