EXHIBIT 23.1

         We have issued our report dated August 12, 2003, on the consolidated
balance sheets of Lannett Company, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2003 and
2002, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in
shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years then ended, included
in its Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended June 30, 2003 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. We hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference of our report in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 and the
use of our name as it appears under the caption "Experts".

/s/ Grant Thornton LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 14, 2004

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