EXHIBIT 23.1

               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

We have issued our report dated August 14, 2002 accompanying the consolidated
financial statements of Lannett Company, Inc. and Subsidiaries appearing in the
2002 Annual Report of the Company to its shareholders included in the Annual
Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended June 30, 2002 which is incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement. We consent to the incorporation in
this Registration Statement of the aforementioned report.


/s/ Grant Thornton  LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 10, 2003