<div>UPDATE 1-Drug research firm PPD's shares soar in U.S. market debut</div> <!-- no image --> <div>Shares of drug research firm PPD Inc rose 14.8% in their Nasdaq debut on Thursday, marking a stellar stock market entry for the second $1 billion-plus flotation of the year.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=0cq8yt4W6ac:uwJWgILTsAI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=0cq8yt4W6ac:uwJWgILTsAI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=0cq8yt4W6ac:uwJWgILTsAI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=0cq8yt4W6ac:uwJWgILTsAI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=0cq8yt4W6ac:uwJWgILTsAI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/0cq8yt4W6ac" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters