As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 27, 2006
                                                     Registration No. 333-107351
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                   Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                                IVAX CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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            Florida                         2834                   65-0507804
(State or other jurisdiction of       (Primary Standard         (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)    Industrial Classification      Identification
                                        Code Number)                 Number)

                             4400 Biscayne Boulevard
                              Miami, Florida 33137
                                 (305) 575-6000
   (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                    registrant's principal executive offices)

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                                Richard S. Egosi
                       c/o Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
                                 425 Privet Road
                           Horsham, Pennsylvania 19044
                                 (215) 293-6400
  (Name, address, including zip code, telephone number, including area code, of
                               agent for service)

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                                   Copies to:
                              PETER H. JAKES, Esq.
                            JEFFREY S. HOCHMAN, Esq.
                          Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
                               787 Seventh Avenue
                            New York, New York 10019
                                 (212) 728-8000

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     If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in
connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with
General Instruction G, please check the following box. |_|

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pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. |-|

     If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d)
under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities
Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration
statement for the same offering. |_|

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                       DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES

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     The shares of common stock of IVAX Corporation, par value $0.10 per share
(the "Common Stock") and the associated common stock purchase rights (the
"Common Stock Purchase Rights") previously registered for sale to the public
under this Registration Statement are hereby withdrawn from registration. No
securities remain unsold under this Registration Statement.




                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-4 and has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Miami,
State of Florida, on January 27, 2006.


                                        IVAX CORPORATION

                                        By: /s/  George S. Barrett
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                                            George S. Barrett
                                            President (Chief Executive Officer)


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.



          Name                                       Title(s)                           Date
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/s/ George S. Barrett            President (Chief Executive Officer) and Director  January 27, 2006
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    George S. Barrett

/s/ Mark W. Durand                 Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial    January 27, 2006
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     Mark W. Durand

/s/ William S. Marth                                 Director                      January 27, 2006
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    William S. Marth

/s/ Richard S. Egosi                                 Director                      January 27, 2006
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    Richard S. Egosi