**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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| Date: August              9, 2006 | By:                           | /s/ JOHN              R.              EMERY |
|                                   | **John              R. Emery**          |
|                                   | **Chief              FinancialOfficer** |