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ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

On April 29, 2010, Blitz F10-acht-drei-fünf GmbH & Co. KG (“Purchaser”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of eResearchTechnology, Inc. (“ERT”), entered into a definitive agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with CareFusion Germany 234 GmbH (“Seller”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of CareFusion Corporation (“CareFusion”), to acquire all of the stock of Research Services Germany 234 GmbH and thereby acquire the research services division (“CRS”) of CareFusion. The purchase price for the acquisition is $81 million, subject to adjustment based on closing date working capital and certain other balance sheet items, and is payable in cash. The acquisition is expected to close in June 2010 pending satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including the delivery by Seller of audited financial statements for CRS as of December 31, 2008 and 2009 and for the respective periods then ended. The Purchase Agreement, which has an outside closing date of June 30, 2010, contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification provisions.

The obligations of Seller and Purchaser under the Purchase Agreement have been guaranteed by CareFusion and ERT, respectively, under a Reciprocal Guaranty (the “Guaranty”), and ERT and CareFusion will enter into a Nondisclosure, Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation Agreement (the “Noncompetition Agreement”), as well as supply, transitional services and similar agreements, at the closing.

The foregoing description of and reference to the Purchase Agreement, the Guaranty and the Noncompetition Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, the Guaranty and the Noncompetition Agreement, which will be filed as exhibits to a future report. The Purchase Agreement, the Guaranty and the Noncompetition Agreement are intended to provide information about their terms. They are not intended to provide any other factual information about ERT, CareFusion, Seller or Purchaser. The representations and warranties contained therein were made as of specific dates, may be subject to important qualifications and limitations, and may have been included therein for the purpose of allocating risk between the parties rather than to establish matters as facts.

ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

On April 29, 2010, ERT issued a press release to announce the execution of the agreements described in Item 1.01. A copy of that press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

On April 29, 2010, ERT held a conference call to discuss the acquisition described in Item 1.01 and first quarter results of operations. The prepared remarks of ERT management for the conference call is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.2.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

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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.

eResearchTechnology, Inc.
(Registrant)

Date: April 30, 2010

By: /s/ Keith D. Schneck                                
Keith D. Schneck,
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

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