EXHIBIT 23.2


                  [Letterhead of Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton]


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement on
Form S-8 of our report dated January 25, 2001 included in Shire Pharmaceutical
Group plc's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, on our audits of the
consolidated financial statements of BioChem Pharma Inc., prepared in United
States of America dollars and in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in United States of America, as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 and for
the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998.

/s/  Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton

Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton
Chartered Accountants
General Partnership


Montreal, Canada
June 27, 2002