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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.01

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-4 of Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. of our report dated February 11, 2000
on the consolidated financial statements of Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. and
subsidiaries at December 31, 1999 and 1998, and for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 1999 and to the reference to our firm
under the heading "Experts" and "Selected Historical Consolidated Financial
Information of Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc."

/s/ KPMG LLP


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 14, 2000