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Iqvia Holdings Inc. – ‘8-K’ for 3/3/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 3/3/21, at 4:39pm ET   ·   For:  3/3/21   ·   Accession #:  1478242-21-26   ·   File #:  1-35907

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 3/03/21  Iqvia Holdings Inc.               8-K:1,2,9   3/03/21   13:1.3M

Current Report   —   Form 8-K
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 8-K         Current Report                                      HTML     31K 
 2: EX-4.1      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    536K 
 9: R1          Cover                                               HTML     44K 
11: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     12K 
 8: XML         XBRL Instance -- iqv-20210303_htm                    XML     24K 
10: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX      6K 
 4: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- iqv-20210303_cal                XML      7K 
 5: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- iqv-20210303_def                 XML     36K 
 6: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- iqv-20210303_lab                      XML     72K 
 7: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- iqv-20210303_pre               XML     36K 
 3: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- iqv-20210303                          XSD     11K 
12: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks               12±    18K 
13: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001478242-21-000026-xbrl      Zip    130K

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