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                                                      EXHIBIT 31.1
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                                CERTIFICATIONS

I, Marc S. Hermelin, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer,
certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of K-V
     Pharmaceutical Company;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
     necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
     under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
     the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
     information included in this report, fairly present in all material
     respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
     of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
     report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
     defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
     control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
     13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

     (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
          such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
          under our supervision, to ensure that material information
          relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
          subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
          entities, particularly during the period in which this
          report is being prepared;

     (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
          caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
          designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
          assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
          and the preparation of financial statements for external
          purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
          principles;

     (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
          controls and procedures and presented in this report our
          conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
          controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
          covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

     (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's
          internal control over financial reporting that occurred
          during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the
          registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
          report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably
          likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal
          control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have
     disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
     control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors
     and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors
     (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

     (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
          design or operation of internal control over financial
          reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
          the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and
          report financial information; and

     (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
          management or other employees who have a significant role
          in the registrant's internal control over financial
          reporting.


Date:  March 25, 2008
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                                       /s/  MARC S. HERMELIN
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                                             Marc S. Hermelin
                                   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                                      (Principal Executive Officer)