Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Akorn, Inc.
Buffalo Grove, Illinois

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus constituting a part of this Registration Statement of our report dated March 8, 2006, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Akorn, Inc. appearing in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.

We also consent to the reference to us under the caption “Experts” in the Prospectus.

/s/ BDO Seidman, LLP
Chicago, Illinois

November 14, 2006