Exhibit 31.1



        Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer

I,  Donald  Strickland,  the  President  and Chief  Executive  Officer of IPIX
Corporation, certify that:


1.    I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of IPIX Corporation;

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  officers 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)) 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 report is being prepared;

      b)   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  report  based  on such
           evaluation; and

      c)   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 officers 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 registrant's board
      of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

      a)   all  significant  deficiencies 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  data and have  identified  for the
           registrant's  auditors any material  weaknesses in internal controls;
           and

      b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
           employees who have a significant  role in the  registrant's  internal
           controls.

  Date July 23, 2004


  /s/ Donald Strickland
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  Donald Strickland
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  President and Chief Executive Officer