EXHIBIT 23.1
 
              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
Schein Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Florham Park, New Jersey
 
  We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting a part of this
Registration Statement of our report dated January 30, 1998, relating to the
consolidated financial statements of Schein Pharmaceutical, Inc. and
Subsidiaries, which is contained in that Prospectus, and of our report dated
January 30, 1998 relating to the Schedule, which is contained in Part II of
the Registration Statement.
 
  We also consent to the reference to us under the caption "Experts" in the
Prospectus.
 
                                          BDO SEIDMAN, LLP
                                             
                                          /s/ BDO Seidman, LLP      
April 3, 1998