Exhibit 31.1

                              CERTIFICATION

I, Rosemary Mazanet, the Acting Chief Executive Officer of
Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc., certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Access
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly 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
quarterly report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this quarterly 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 quarterly report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer 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 we 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 quarterly 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 quarterly report
our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
this quarterly report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed  in this quarterly 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.

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

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: August 21, 2006
/s/ Rosemary Mazaanet
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Rosemary Mazanet
Acting Chief Executive Officer