EXHIBIT 99.1


                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                   PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In connection with the Quarterly Report of Rockwell Medical
Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ending June
30, 2002 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof
(the "Periodic Report"), I, Robert L. Chioini, Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

         1.       the Periodic Report fully complies with the requirements of
                  Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
                  and

         2.       the information contained in the Periodic Report fairly
                  presents, in all material respects, the financial condition
                  and results of operations of the Company.



Dated:  August 14, 2002                      /s/ Robert L. Chioini
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                                             Robert L. Chioini
                                             Chief Executive Officer