EXHIBIT 23.2

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

     We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-8 of Anika Research, Inc. of our report dated October 13, 1995, relating
to the balance sheets of Anika Research, Inc. as of August 31, 1995 and 1994,
and the related statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows
for each of the years in the three-year period ended August 31, 1995, which
report appears in the August 31, 1995 annual report on Form 10-K of Anika
Research, Inc.

                                   KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
June 14, 1996

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