**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 Ventiv                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 we                  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 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: |
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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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| DATE:                August                9,                2005 |   | By:    |   | /S/    JOHN                R. EMERY                    |
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|                                                              |   |   |   | **John                R. Emery****Chief                Financial Officer** |