Attached files
| file | filename |
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| S-1MEF - ASSEMBLY BIOSCIENCES, INC. | v205807_s-1mef.htm |
| EX-5.1 - ASSEMBLY BIOSCIENCES, INC. | v205807_ex5-1.htm |
Exhibit
23.1
Consent
of Independent Registered
Public
Accounting Firm
We
consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form
S-1 of our report on our audits of the financial statements of Ventrus
Biosciences, Inc. as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 and for the years then ended
and for the period from October 7, 2005 (inception) to December 31, 2009 which
includes an explanatory paragraph relating to Ventrus Biosciences, Inc.’s
ability to continue as a going concern, dated July 19, 2010, except for the
effects of the matter discussed in the last paragraph of Note 1 which are as of
November 10, 2010, which
report is included in Ventrus Biosciences, Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No. 333-168224), which was declared effective on December 15, 2010.
We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the caption “Experts”
in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-168224), which was
declared effective on December 15, 2010, and its incorporation by reference in
this Registration Statement.
/s/ J. H.
Cohn LLP
Roseland,
New Jersey
December
10, 2010