Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Annual Report of OPKO Health, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 (the “Report”), and pursuant to pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, I, Rao Uppaluri, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify that to the best of my knowledge:

	(1)		The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
	(2)		The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.