EXHIBIT 23.1

              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

The Board of Directors
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.:

   We consent to the incorporation by reference in (i) the Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-84787 and 333-85368) and (ii) the
Registration Statements on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-102066, 333-48800 and
333-61322) of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. of our report dated January 29,
2003, with respect to the consolidated balance sheet of BioMarin Pharmaceutical
Inc. as of December 31, 2002, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows for the year then
ended, which report appears in the December 31, 2002, annual report on Form
10-K of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

                                          /s/  KPMG LLP

San Francisco, California
February 28, 2003