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    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-11-18</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>1</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000930184</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>VRX</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001454852</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HealthCor Offshore GP, LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>152 WEST 57TH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>43RD FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10019</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001454849</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HealthCor Hybrid Offshore GP, LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>152 WEST 57TH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>43RD FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10019</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001454850</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, L.P.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>152 WEST 57TH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>43RD FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10019</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001454853</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HealthCor Offshore Master Fund, L.P.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>152 WEST 57TH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>43RD FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10019</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &quot;Common Stock&quot;)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-11-18</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>3000000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>32.25</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>7000000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See Footnote</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On November 18, 2009, HealthCor, L.P., HealthCor Offshore Master Fund, L.P. and HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, L.P.
 entered into a definitive binding agreement to sell an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock back to Valeant
 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in an off-exchange, privately negotiated transaction. The closing under the agreement occurred on
 November 19, 2009.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">HealthCor Management, L.P. is the investment manager of HealthCor, L.P., HealthCor Offshore Master Fund, L.P. and HealthCor
 Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, L.P., which are the direct beneficial owners of the securities reported herein.  The general
 partner of HealthCor, L.P. is HealthCor Capital, L.P. and the general partner of HealthCor Capital, L.P. is HealthCor Group,
 LLC. The general partner of HealthCor Offshore Master Fund, L.P. is HealthCor Offshore GP, LLC.  The general partner of
 HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, L.P. is HealthCor Hybrid Offshore GP, LLC.  HealthCor Group, LLC is the general
 partner of HealthCor Offshore GP, LLC and HealthCor Hybrid Offshore GP, LLC.  HealthCor Associates, LLC is the general
 partner of HealthCor Management, L.P. and Arthur Cohen and Joseph Healey are the managers of HealthCor Associates, LLC.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">(Continued from footnote 2)
Each of the Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership of any and all such securities in excess of its or their own
 actual pecuniary interest.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Due to the number of reporting persons, this is one of two Form 4s filed relating to the same transaction.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>HEALTHCOR MANAGEMENT, L.P., By: HealthCor Associates, LLC, its general partner, By: /s/ John H. Coghlin, General Counsel</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-11-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>HEALTHCOR CAPITAL L.P., for itself and as manager on behalf of HEALTHCOR L.P., By: HealthCor Group, LLC, its general partner, By: /s/ John H. Coghlin, General Counsel</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-11-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>HEALTHCOR OFFSHORE GP, LLC, for itself and as general partner on behalf of HEALTHCOR OFFSHORE MASTER FUND, L.P.,  By: HealthCor Group, LLC, its general partner, By: /s/ John H. Coghlin, General Counsel</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-11-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>HEALTHCOR HYBRID OFFSHORE GP, LLC, for itself and as general partner on behalf of HEALTHCOR HYBRID OFFSHORE MASTER FUND, L.P., By: HealthCor Group, LLC, its general partner, By: /s/ John H. Coghlin, General Counsel</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-11-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>HEALTHCOR ASSOCIATES, LLC, By: /s/ John H. Coghlin, General Counsel</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-11-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>HEALTHCOR GROUP, LLC, for itself and as general partner of (i) HEALTHCOR OFFSHORE GP, LLC, and (ii) HEALTHCOR HYBRID OFFSHORE GP, LLC, By: /s/ John H. Coghlin, General Counsel</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-11-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Joseph Healey, Individually</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-11-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Arthur Cohen, Individually</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-11-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
