WILMINGTON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPDI) today announced that its shareholders have voted to approve the adoption of the agreement and plan of merger, dated October 2, 2011, providing for the merger of the company with an entity controlled by affiliates of The Carlyle Group and affiliates of Hellman & Friedman, at a special meeting of shareholders held today.
