EXHIBIT 23.6

                CONSENT OF VECTOR SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                April 6, 1999

PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
Board of Directors                       Board of Directors
Chrysalis International Corporation      Phoenix International
575 Route 28                             Life Sciences Inc.
Raritan, New Jersey 08869                2350 Cohen Street
                                         Saint-Laurent (Montreal)
                                         Quebec H4R 2N6
                                         Canada

Re:      Proxy Statement of Chrysalis International Corporation on Schedule
         14A Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
         and Registration Statement on Form F-4 under the Securities Act of
         1933
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Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  Reference is made to our opinion letter dated November 13,
1998 as to the fairness from a financial point of view as of the date of the
opinion letter to the holders of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of
Chrysalis International Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company") of
the consideration to be received by such stockholders pursuant to the terms of
the draft Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 12, 1998, among (i)
Phoenix International Life Sciences Inc., a public corporation constituted under
the laws of Canada ("Phoenix"), (ii) Phoenix Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware
corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Phoenix and (iii) the Company.

                  The foregoing opinion letter is provided for the information
and assistance of the Board of Directors of the Company in connection with its
consideration of the transaction contemplated therein and is not to be used,
circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to for any other purpose, nor is it to
be filed with, included in or referred to in whole or in part in any
registration statement, proxy statement or any other document, except in
accordance with our prior written consent. We understand that the Company has
determined to include our opinion in the above-referenced Proxy Statement and 
Registration Statement on Form F-4.

                  In that regard, we hereby consent to the reference to the 
opinion of our Firm under the captions "Summary-The Merger-Opinion of 
Chrysalis' Financial Advisor," "The Merger-Background of the Merger," "The 
Merger-Reasons for the Merger," "The Merger-Opinion of the Financial Advisor 
to the Chrysalis Board" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of 
Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Chrysalis-Liquidity and 
Capital Requirements-Capital Requirements" and to the inclusion of the 
foregoing opinion in the above referenced Proxy Statement and Registration 
Statement on Form F-4. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that 
we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under 
Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933 or the rules and regulations of the 
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

                                       Very truly yours,

                                       /s/ Vector Securities International, Inc.

                                        Vector Securities International, Inc.
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