EXHIBIT 23.1


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
                         _______________________________



The Board of Directors
Immunomedics, Inc.:

We consent to  incorporation  by reference in the  registration  statements (No.
333-44501 and 333-69975) on Form S-3 and (No. 33-56844 and 33-16260) on Form S-8
of  Immunomedics,  Inc.  of our  report  dated  August  20,  1999,  except as to
paragraphs  nine  through  eleven of Note 7, which are as of October  11,  1999,
relating  to  the  consolidated   balance  sheets  of  Immunomedics,   Inc.  and
subsidiaries  as of  June  30,  1999  and  1998,  and the  related  consolidated
statements  of  operations  and  comprehensive  loss,  changes in  stockholders'
equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended June
30, 1999,  which report  appears in the June 30, 1999 annual report on Form 10-K
of Immunomedics, Inc.


                                                                       KPMG LLP

Short Hills, New Jersey
October 13, 1999

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