KV PHARMACEUTICAL CO /DE/
SC 13G/A, 1994-02-08
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 1)

K-V Pharmaceutical Co.
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(Name of Issuer)

Class A Common Stock
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(Title of Class of Securities)

482740206
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(CUSIP Number)

Check the following box if a fee                          /___/
    is being paid with this statement    
                                                                  

(A fee is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a
previous statement on file reporting beneficial ownership of more
than five percent of the class of securities described in Item 1;
and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent thereto reporting
beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.) (See
Rule 13d-7.)

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a
reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the
subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment
containing information which would alter the disclosures provided
in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall
not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") of otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all
other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

(Continued on following pages)
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Cusip No. 482740206         13G           Page 2 of 7 Pages               
- -------------------------                 -------------------------
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1.  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
    Oppenheimer Management Corporation

   I.R.S. NO. 13-2527171
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2.  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP *

                    A /   /

                    B / X /
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
3.  SEC USE ONLY
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
4.  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

    Colorado
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
NUMBER OF           5.  SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES                  0 
BENEFICIALLY        -----------------------------------------------
OWNED BY            6.  SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH                    0 
REPORTING           -----------------------------------------------
PERSON WITH         7.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        0
                    -----------------------------------------------
                    8.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        441,800
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
9.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
    441,800
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
    SHARES *
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
    7.03%
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
    IA
- -------------------------------------------------------------------

* SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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Cusip No. 482740206         13G           Page 3 of 7 Pages
- ----------------------------              -------------------------
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
1.  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

    Oppenheimer Global Fund
I.R.S. NO. 13-2649093
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
2.  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP *

                    A /   /

                    B / X /
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
3.  SEC USE ONLY
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
4.  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

    Massachusetts
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
NUMBER OF           5.  SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES                  441,800
BENEFICIALLY        -----------------------------------------------
OWNED BY            6.  SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH                    0
REPORTING           -----------------------------------------------
PERSON WITH         7.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        0
                    -----------------------------------------------
                    8.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        441,800
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
9.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
    441,800
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
    SHARES *
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
    7.03%
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
    IA
- -------------------------------------------------------------------

* SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!<PAGE>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Schedule 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Check the following box if a fee 
         is being paid with this statement  /___/

Item 1(a)                   Name of Issuer:
                            K-V Pharmaceutical Co.

Item 1(b)                   Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
                            2503 S. Hanley Road 
                            St. Louis, MO 63144
                            
Item 2(a)                   Name of Person Filing:
                            Oppenheimer Management Corporation

Item 2(b)                   Address of Principal Business Office:
                            Two World Trade Center, Suite 3400
                            New York, New York 10048-0203

Item 2(c)                   Citizenship:
                            Inapplicable

Item 2(d)                   Title of Class of Securities:
                            Class A Common Stock

Item 2(e)                   CUSIP Number:
                            482740206

Item 3(e)                    X     Investment Adviser registered under Section
                                   203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940

Item 4(a)                   Amount Beneficially Owned:  441,800 shares

Item 4(b)                   Percent of Class:  7.03%

Item 4(c)(i)                Sole Power to vote or to direct the vote -  0

Item 4(c)(ii)               Shared power to vote or to direct the vote - 0

Item 4(c)(iii)              Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition
                            of - 0

Item 4(c)(iv)               Shared power to dispose or to direct the
                            disposition of - 441,800 shares

Item 5                      Ownership to Five Percent or Less of a Class:

                            If this statement is being filed to report the
                            fact that as of the date hereof, the reporting
                            person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of
                            more than 5% of the class of securities, check the
                            following:  /___/   

Item 6                      Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of
                            Another Person:
                            See Exhibit A attached hereto.

Item 7                      Identification and Classification of the
                            Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being
                            Reported on By the Parent Holding Company:
                            Inapplicable

Item 8                      Identification and Classification of Members of the
Group:
                            Inapplicable
        
Item 9                      Notice of Dissolution of Group:
                            Inapplicable
            
Item 10                     Certification:
                            By signing below, I certify that, to the best of
                            my knowledge and belief, the securities referred
                            to above were acquired in the ordinary course of
                            business and were not acquired for the purpose of
                            and do not have the effect of changing or
                            influencing the control of the issuer of such
                            securities and were not acquired in connection
                            with or as a participant in any transaction having
                            such purpose or effect.

SIGNATURE                   After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my
                            knowledge and belief, I certify that the
                            information set forth in this statement is true,
                            complete and correct.

Date:                        February 9, 1994

Signature:                  /s/ Robert G. Zack
                            --------------------------------------
Name/Title:                 Robert G. Zack, Senior Vice President
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EXHIBIT A

     The Board of Directors or Trustees of the registered
investment companies managed by Oppenheimer Management
Corporation ("OMC") and owning shares of the issuer can direct
the disposition of dividends received by such funds and can
dispose of such securities.  Additionally, OMC shares the power
to dispose of such securities with the Board of Directors or
Trustees of such funds; however, the Board of Directors or
Trustees of such fund has delegated these responsibilities to OMC
as the fund's investment advisor under its investment advisory
agreement.  OMC has an interest relating to five (5%) percent or
more of such securities as disclosed on Page 2 hereof, by virtue
of the interest of five percent (5%) or more of such securities
by Oppenheimer Global Fund, as disclosed on pages 3 and 4 hereof. 
OMC disclaims ownership of such securities, except as expressly
stated herein.
<PAGE>
EXHIBIT B

     The undersigned investment company hereby acknowledges and
agrees that a report on Schedule 13G being filed by Oppenheimer
Management Corporation on or about the date hereof, relating to
the Common Stock of K-V Pharmaceutical Co., is filed on behalf of
the undersigned.



Dated:  February 9, 1994



OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL FUND




By:   /s/ Robert G. Zack
      ---------------------------------
      Robert G. Zack
      Assistant Secretary


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