**Exhibit      31.1**

**CERTIFICATIONS      **

**Certification      Pursuant to **
**Section      302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002**

|  1. |   | I                have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of inVentiv Health,                Inc.; |
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|  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; |
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|  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 quarterly                report; |
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|  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                have: |
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|   | 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; |
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|   | 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; |
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|   | 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 |
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|   | 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 |
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|  5. |   | The                registrant’s other certifying officer 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): |
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|   | a) | All                significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or                operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are                reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,                process, summarize and report financial information. |
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|   | 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.  |
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|                                     | **INVENTIV              HEALTH, INC.** |
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| Date: November              8, 2006 | By:                          | /s/ JOHN              R.              EMERY |
|                                     | John              R. Emery             |
|                                     | Chief              Financial Officer   |