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10-K - VIROPHARMA INCORPORATED - FORM 10-K - VIROPHARMA INCd10k.htm
EX-21 - LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES - VIROPHARMA INCdex21.htm
EX-31.1 - SECTON 302 CEO CERTIFICATION - VIROPHARMA INCdex311.htm
EX-31.2 - SECTION 302 CFO CERTIFICATION - VIROPHARMA INCdex312.htm
EX-32.1 - SECTION 906 CEO AND CFO CERTIFICATION - VIROPHARMA INCdex321.htm
EX-10.51 - AMENDED AND RESTATED BULK MATERIAL SUPPLY AGREEMENT - VIROPHARMA INCdex1051.htm
EX-10.52 - FORM OF RESTRICTED SHARE UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT - VIROPHARMA INCdex1052.htm
EX-10.10 - VIROPHARMA BOARD COMPENSATION POLICY - VIROPHARMA INCdex1010.htm
EX-10.50 - SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BULK MATERIAL SUPPLY AGREEMENT - VIROPHARMA INCdex1050.htm

Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

ViroPharma Incorporated:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S-8 (No. 333-168420, No. 333-160910, No. 333-152724, No. 333-136447, No. 333-34129, No. 333-38248, No. 333-60951, No. 333-38256, No. 333-109600 and No. 333-127188) registration statements on Form S-3 (No. 333-156422, No. 333-37960, No. 333-64482, No. 333-99533, No. 333-122315, No. 333-123994, and No. 333-141411) and registration statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-153088) of ViroPharma Incorporated of our reports dated February 24, 2011, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of ViroPharma Incorporated as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2010 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, which reports appear in the December 31, 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K of ViroPharma Incorporated.

Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to the Company’s retrospective change in accounting for convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion due to the adoption of a new accounting standard issued by the FASB, as of January 1, 2009.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Short Hills, NJ

February 24, 2011