UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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): August 29, 2007

PAREXEL International Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Massachusetts	000-21244	04-2776269
(State or other juris- diction of incorporation	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

200 West Street, Waltham, Massachusetts	02451
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 487-9900

Not applicable.

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

	ITEM 8.01.   OTHER EVENTS
SIGNATURES

ITEM 8.01.   OTHER EVENTS

     As disclosed in the current report on Form 8-K filed on July 2, 2007, PAREXEL (Taiwan), Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of China (the “Company”), which is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of PAREXEL International Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation, initiated an offer (the “Tender Offer”) to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Apex International Clinical Research Co., Ltd. The Investment Commission, Ministry of Economic Affairs issued its approval of the relevant foreign investment on August 29, 2007. Accordingly, the Tender Offer period will end on September 3, 2007. The closing of the Tender Offer will take place no later than September 10, 2007.

SIGNATURES

     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.

Date: August 31, 2007	PAREXEL International Corporation
	By:	/s/ James F. Winschel, Jr.
		James F. Winschel, Jr.
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer