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Exhibit 21.1

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES

        The following is a list of subsidiaries of VIVUS, Inc.

    1.
    VIVUS UK Limited (United Kingdom), a wholly owned subsidiary of VIVUS, Inc.

    2.
    VIVUS BV (Netherlands), a wholly owned subsidiary of VIVUS, Inc.

    3.
    Vivus Limited (Bermuda), a wholly owned subsidiary of VIVUS, Inc.

    4.
    Vivus International, L.P. (Bermuda), General Partner Vivus Limited

    5.
    Vivus International Limited (Ireland), a wholly owned subsidiary of VIVUS, Inc.



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