EXHIBIT 23.1

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Celgene Corporation:

We consent to the  incorporation  by  reference in the  registration  statements
(Nos.  333-70083,   33-21462,  33-38296,  33-62510,  333-91977,   333-39716  and
333-65908)  on Form  S-8,  (Nos.  333-02517,  333-32115,  333-38861,  333-52963,
333-87197,  333-93759, 333-94915 and 333-75636) on Form S-3 and (No. 333-101196)
on Form S-4 of Celgene  Corporation  of our report dated January 29, 2003,  with
respect  to  the  consolidated   balance  sheets  of  Celgene   Corporation  and
subsidiaries  as of  December  31, 2002 and 2001,  and the related  consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders' equity (deficit) and cash flows for each
of the years in the  three-year  period ended December 31, 2002, and the related
financial  statement  schedule,  which report  appears in the December 31, 2002,
annual report on Form 10-K of Celgene Corporation.

Our report on the  consolidated  financial  statements  refers to the  Company's
adoption of Statement  of  Financial  Accounting  Standards  No. 141,  "Business
Combinations" effective July 1, 2001.

                                                        /s/ KPMG LLP



Short Hills, New Jersey
March XX, 2003