EXHIBIT 23.3
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8)  pertaining  to the  Bergen  Brunswig  Corporation  1999  Management  Stock
Incentive Plan and Non-Employee  Directors' Stock Plan of our report dated April
18,  1997,  with  respect  to the 1996  consolidated  financial  statements  and
schedule of  PharMerica,  Inc.  (formerly  Pharmacy  Corporation of America) and
subsidiaries  included in the Bergen  Brunswig Corporation  Current Report (Form
8-K) dated April 30, 1999,  filed with the  Securities  and Exchange Commission.

                                             /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Little Rock, Arkansas
May 3, 1999