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       Facsimile Transmissions:   By Hand Or Overnight
     Certified Mail      (Eligible Institutions Only)       Delivery
 
 
 
  The Bank of New York          (212) 815-6339        The Bank of New York
 101 Barclay Street, 7E                                101 Barclay Street
 
New York, New York 10286     Confirm By Telephone:  Corporate Trust Services
  Attn: Reorganization          (212) 815-5789               Window
        Section,                                          Ground Level
 
    7E; Diana Torres         For Information Call:  New York, New York 10286
                                (212) 815-5789        Attn: Reorganization
                                                            Section,
 
  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.
                                                        7E; Diana Torres
 
  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 March  , 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."
 
Signature if the Registered Owner(s)      Name(s) of Registered Holder(s): ____
or                                        _____________________________________
Authorized Signatory: _______________
 
 
                                          Address: ____________________________
Aggregate Amount of Old Notes             _____________________________________
Tendered:
 
_____________________________________     Area Code and Tel. No.: _____________
 
 
Certificate No(s). of Old Notes (if       If Old Notes will be delivered by
available):                               book-entry at The Depository Trust
_____________________________________     Company, Depository Account No.: ____
 
Date: _______________________________
 
  This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery 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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                                   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                                    Name
 
 
_____________________________________     _____________________________________
              Zip Code                                    Title
 
 
Area Code and Telephone No.: ________     Date: _______________________________
 
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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