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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/A 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)