Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:
(1) Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-181215 and 333-192698) of Ocera Therapeutics, Inc.,
(2) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-173535) pertaining to the 2001 Employee Stock Option Plan of Tranzyme, Inc., the 2001 Non-Employee Stock Option Plan of Tranzyme, Inc., the Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Option Plan of Tranzyme, Inc., the Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option Plan of Tranzyme Pharma, Inc., and the 2011 Stock Option and Incentive Plan of Tranzyme, Inc.,
(3) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-182408) pertaining to the Amended and Restated 2011 Stock Option and Incentive Plan of Tranzyme, Inc.,
(4) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-191644) pertaining to the Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. 2005 Stock Plan, and
(5) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-193094) pertaining to the Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2011 Stock Option and Incentive Plan; of our report dated March 17, 2014, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2013.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
San Diego, California
March 17, 2014