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Constella Group Named Second-Fastest Growing Private Company in Triangle

Resource Solutions, Inc., (RSI), acquired by Constella on Oct. 1, earned the No. 31 spot at the 10th annual Triangle Fast 50 Awards ceremony, held Nov. 5 at North Ridge Country Club in Raleigh. Constella combined RSI with its informatics business to form Constella Clinical Informatics, a business unit that offers comprehensive clinical trials management and monitoring, traditional data management, and biostatistical services to pharmaceutical and biotech clients.

This year marks the seventh year that Constella has been recognized as an award winner, putting the company in the elite Fast 50 Hall of Fame List with six other seven-time winners. Constella, which now has 675 employees, ranked No. 4 in the 2002 Triangle Fast 50; 22 in 2001; 39 in 2000; 38 in 1999; 49 in 1998; and 18 in 1995. This was the second year that RSI earned a Fast 50 award; it ranked No. 45 in 2002.

"Number 2 is an incredible achievement!," said Donald A. Holzworth, Constella Group CEO who accepted the award. "Our ability to be named one of the Triangle's fastest growing private companies for seven years is a validation that the work we do is important to the nation and to the world.

"Each employee makes a contribution to the growth of our company, and I am proud to share this award with them," he added. "I know that by continuing to focus on our vision of enhancing human health that we will continue be recognized as a great company."

Accepting on behalf of RSI was Joan R. Reese, chief operating officer for Constella Clinical Informatics and former president and co-founder of RSI.

"Our ability to deliver high-quality services that exceed client expectations is the main reason our company has been so successful," she said. "As Clinical Informatics, our biggest challenge is to ensure that we continue to exceed clients' expectations while providing a challenging and fun work environment for our employees."

Art.com took the No. 1 spot. The other top five winners were United Tobacco at No. 3, Burt's Bees at No. 4 and TriVirix International at No. 5.

The combined growth of the 2003 Triangle Fast 50 winners was $517 million, compared to $618 million last year. This year's winners grew at a rate of 22 percent, compared to 33 percent last year.

PricewaterhouseCoopers sponsored The Triangle Fast 50 Award in conjunction with The Triangle Business Journal of Raleigh, N.C. To be eligible for the competition, companies must be privately held, have completed three full fiscal years of operation by June 30, 2003, have at least $3 million in revenue in 2002 and be headquartered in the Triangle.

About Constella Group, Inc.
Constella Group is a leading provider of professional health services worldwide, now celebrating 20 years of enhancing human health through innovative science, technology and knowledge solutions. Constella's three business units—Health Sciences, Clinical Informatics and Health Strategies—create and provide health intelligence to help industry and government clients identify and address critical issues affecting human health. With Constella as the parent company, the three business units comprise dynamic points of collaboration that build support, create momentum and add value from idea to impact across the full continuum of human health.

The company's 675 employees serve clients from company headquarters in Durham, N.C., and from offices in Research Triangle Park, N.C., Atlanta; Austin, Texas; Morgantown, W.Va.; Bethesda, Frederick and Silver Spring, Md., and in Santa Monica, Calif., Herndon, Va., and Cambridge, Mass.