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):___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2 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. 3