EXHIBIT 23.2

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

     We consent to the  inclusion in this  Amendment  No. 2 to the  Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (File No.  333-10759) of our reports dated March 12, 1996,
except as to the  information  in the first  paragraph of Note 11, for which the
date is  September  10,  1996 on our  audits  of the  financial  statements  and
financial statement schedule of Boston Biomedica, Inc. and Subsidiaries. We also
consent to the references to our firm under the captions "Selected  Consolidated
Financial  Data" and  "Experts."


                                                   COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.


Boston, Massachusetts
October 25, 1996