EXHIBIT 99.2

                         NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY
                                 FOR TENDER OF
                            ANY AND ALL OUTSTANDING
                      SENIOR FLOATING RATE NOTES DUE 2004
                                      OF
                          SCHEIN PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
 
  This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, or one substantially equivalent to this
form, must be used to accept the Exchange Offer (as defined below) if (i)
certificates for the Company's (as defined below) Senior Floating Rate Notes
due 2004 (the "Old Notes") are not immediately available, (ii) Old Notes, the
Letter of Transmittal and all other required documents cannot be delivered to
The Bank of New York (the "Exchange Agent") on or prior to 5:00 P.M. New York
City time, on the Expiration Date (as defined in the Prospectus referred to
below) or (iii) the procedures for delivery by book-entry transfer cannot be
completed on a timely basis. This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be
delivered by hand, overnight courier or mail, or transmitted by facsimile
transmission, to the Exchange Agent. See "The Exchange Offer--Procedures for
Tendering" in the Prospectus. In addition, in order to utilize the guaranteed
delivery procedure to tender Old Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, a
completed, signed and dated Letter of Transmittal relating to The Old Notes
(or facsimile thereof) must also be received by the Exchange Agent prior to
5:00 P.M. New York City time, on the Expiration Date. Capitalized terms not
defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Prospectus.
 
                 The Exchange Agent for The Exchange Offer Is:
                             The Bank Of New York
 
                                                                                
    By Registered or Certified Mail              Facsimile Transmissions:            By Hand Or Overnight Delivery
                                                (Eligible Institutions Only)
       The Bank of New York                                                              The Bank of New York
       101 Barclay Street, 7E                          (212) 571-3080                     101 Barclay Street
       New York, New York 10286                                                        Corporate Trust Services
       Attn: Reorganization Section                 Confirm By Telephone:                     Window
                                                       (212) 815-6333                      Ground Level
                                                                                       New York, New York 10286
                                                    For Information Call:              Attn: Reorganization Section
                                                       (212) 815-6333      
 
 
  Delivery of this Notice Of Guaranteed Delivery to an address other than as
set forth above or transmission of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery via
facsimile to a number other than as set forth above will not constitute a
valid delivery.
 
  THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY IS NOT TO BE USED TO GUARANTEE
SIGNATURES. IF A SIGNATURE ON A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS REQUIRED TO BE
GUARANTEED BY AN "ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION" UNDER THE INSTRUCTIONS THERETO, SUCH
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MUST APPEAR IN THE APPLICABLE SPACE PROVIDED IN THE
SIGNATURE BOX ON THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
  The undersigned hereby tenders to Schein Pharmaceutical, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company") upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in the Prospectus dated     1998 (as the same may be amended or
supplemented from time to time, the "Prospectus"), and the related Letter of
Transmittal (which together constitute the "Exchange Offer"), receipt of which
is hereby acknowledged, the aggregate principal amount of Old Notes set forth
below pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the
Prospectus under the caption "The Exchange Offer--Procedures for Tendering."
 
Aggregate                                 Name(s) of Registered Holder(s): ____
Amount Tendered: $__________________*     _____________________________________
 
Certificate No(s)
(if available): _____________________
 
 
_____________________________________
(Total Amount Represented by
Old Notes Certificate(s))
 
 
$ ___________________________________
 
If Old Notes will be tendered by book-entry transfer, provide the following
information:
 
DTC Account Number: _________________
 
 
Date: _______________________________
 
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* Must be in denominations of $1,000 and any legal multiple thereof.
 
 
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  All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred shall survive the
death or incapacity of the undersigned and every obligation of the undersigned
hereunder shall be binding upon the heirs personal representatives, successors
and assigns of the undersigned.
 
                               PLEASE SIGN HERE
 
X ___________________________________     _____________________________________
 
                                          
 
X ___________________________________     _____________________________________
 Signature(s) of Owner(s)                 Date
 or Authorized Signatory
 
Area Code and Telephone Number: _______________________________
 
  Must be signed by the holder(s) of the Old Notes as their name(s) appear(s)
on certificates for Old Notes or on a security position listing, or by
person(s) authorized to become registered holder(s) by endorsement and
documents transmitted with this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. If signature is
by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer or
other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such person
must set forth his or her full title below.
 
                     PLEASE PRINT NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
 
Name(s): ______________________________________________________________________
            ___________________________________________________________________
            ___________________________________________________________________
Capacity: _____________________________________________________________________
Address(es): __________________________________________________________________
            ___________________________________________________________________
            ___________________________________________________________________
 
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              THE GUARANTEE ON THE REVERSE SIDE MUST BE COMPLETED
 
                                   GUARANTEE
                   (NOT TO BE USED FOR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE)
 
  The undersigned, a firm or other entity identified in Rule 17Ad-15 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), as an
"eligible guarantor institution," including (as such terms are defined
therein): (i) a bank; (ii) a broker, dealer, municipal securities broker,
municipal securities dealer, government securities broker, government
securities dealer; (iii) a credit union; (iv) a national securities exchange,
registered securities association or learning agency; or (v) a savings
association that is a participant in a Securities Transfer Association
recognized program (each of the foregoing being referred to as an "Eligible
Institution"), hereby guarantees to deliver to the Exchange Agent, at one of
its addresses set forth above, either the Old Notes tendered hereby in proper
form for transfer, or confirmation of the book-entry transfer of such Old
Notes to the Exchange Agent's account at The Depositary Trust Company ("DTC"),
pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer set forth in the
Prospectus, in either case together with one or more properly completed and
duly executed Letter(s) of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof) and any other
required documents within five business days after the date of execution of
this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
 
  The undersigned acknowledges that it must deliver the Letter(s) of
Transmittal and the Old Notes tendered hereby to the Exchange Agent within the
time period set forth above and that failure to do so could result in a
financial loss to the undersigned.
 
_____________________________________     _____________________________________
            Name of Firm                          Authorized Signature
 
_____________________________________     _____________________________________
               Address                                    Title
 
_____________________________________     _____________________________________
              Zip Code                            (Please Type or Print)
 
Area Code and Telephone No. _________     Dated: ______________________________
 
NOTE: DO NOT SEND CERTIFICATES FOR OLD NOTES WITH THIS FORM. CERTIFICATES FOR
OLD NOTES SHOULD ONLY BE SENT WITH YOUR LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
 
 
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