NEWARK, Del. & SPRINGFIELD, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--QPS, LLC, a leading full-service GLP-compliant contract research organization providing testing services to support pre-clinical and clinical research and development, announced today its signing of an agreement to acquire Bio-Kinetic Clinical Applications, Inc., headquartered in Springfield, MO. Bio-Kinetic, an early clinical research organization with a 240 bed Phase I facility, will retain its name and become a wholly-owned unit of QPS Holdings, LLC.