As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 1996
                                                            Registration No. 33-


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                                  INNOVEX, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           MINNESOTA                                            41-1223933
(State or other jurisdiction of                              (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                             Identification No.)
    

                             1313 SOUTH FIFTH STREET
                          HOPKINS, MINNESOTA 55343-9904
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices and zip code)


                                  INNOVEX, INC.
                      1996 NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)


                                 Thomas W. Haley
                             Chief Executive Officer
                                  Innovex, Inc.
                             1313 South Fifth Street
                             Hopkins, MN 55343-9904
                                 (612) 938-4155
                          (Name, address, including zip
                            code and telephone number
                              of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:

                                Charles P. Moorse
                           Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P.
                                 4200 IDS Center
                              Minneapolis, MN 55402
                                 (612) 371-3211




                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


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<CAPTION>
                                           Proposed         Proposed
Title of                                    Maximum          Maximum
Securities              Amount             Offering         Aggregate         Amount of
to be                    to be               Price          Offering        Registration
Registered            Registered           Per Share          Price              Fee
<S>                 <C>                   <C>            <C>                  <C>
Common Stock,        135,000 shares        $16.25(1)      $2,193,750(1)        $756.47
$0.04 par value
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(1)      Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee
         pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) and based upon the average of the high
         and low prices of the Company's Common Stock on the Nasdaq National
         Market on August 6, 1996.


                                     PART I

                  Pursuant to the Note to Part I of Form S-8, the information
required by Items 1 and 2 of Form S-8 is not filed as a part of this
Registration Statement.



                                     PART II

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission are hereby incorporated by reference herein:

         (a) The Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended September 30, 1995.

         (b) The Definitive Proxy Statement dated January 23, 1996 for the 1996
Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

         (c) The Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended December
31, 1995 and March 31, 1996.

         (d) The description of the Company's Common Stock as set forth in the
Company's Form 8-A Registration Statement dated January 29, 1985, which became
effective as of July 31, 1985 (Registration No. 0-13143), including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         Statutory Provisions. Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Business
Corporation Act provides that a corporation shall indemnify a person made or
threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of the former or present
official capacity of the person against judgments, penalties, fines, including,
without limitation, excise taxes assessed against the person with respect to an
employee benefit plan, settlements, and reasonable expenses, including
attorneys' fees and disbursements, incurred by the person in connection with the
proceeding, if, with respect to the acts or omissions of the person complained
of in the proceeding, the person:

         (1)      Has not been indemnified by another organization or employee
                  benefit plan for the same judgments, penalties, fines,
                  including, without limitation, excise taxes assessed against
                  the person with respect to an employee benefit plan,
                  settlements, and reasonable expenses, including attorneys'
                  fees and disbursements, incurred by the person in connection
                  with the proceeding with respect to the same acts or
                  omissions;

         (2)      Acted in good faith;

         (3)      Received no improper personal benefit and section 302A.255
                  (Director Conflicts of Interest), if applicable, has been
                  satisfied;

         (4)      In the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause
                  to believe the conduct was unlawful; and

         (5)      In the case of acts or omissions occurring in the official
                  capacity described in subdivision 1, paragraph (c), clause (1)
                  or (2), reasonably believed that the conduct was in the best
                  interests of the corporation, or in the case of acts or
                  omissions occurring in the official capacity described in
                  subdivision 1, paragraph (c), clause (3), reasonably believed
                  that the conduct was not opposed to the best interests of the
                  corporation. If the person's acts or omissions complained of
                  in the proceeding relate to conduct as a director, officer,
                  trustee, employee, or agent of an employee benefit plan, the
                  conduct is not considered to be opposed to the best interests
                  of the corporation if the person reasonably believed that the
                  conduct was in the best interests of the participants or
                  beneficiaries of the employee benefit plan.

         Articles of Incorporation. The Company's Articles of Incorporation
provides that no director of the corporation may be personally liable to the
Company or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as
a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of
loyalty to the Company or its shareholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in
good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
(iii) under section 302A.559 or 80A.23 of Minnesota Statutes; (iv) for any
transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit; or
(v) for any act or omission occurring prior to May 11, 1995 (the effective date
of the indemnification provisions in the Company's Articles of Incorporation).

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

Exhibit

5.1      Opinion and Consent of Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P.
                  as to the legality of the common stock
                  offered pursuant to the stock plan
                  referred to herein

23.1     Consent of Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1)

23.2     Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, independent certified public accountants

24.1     A power of attorney is set forth on the signature page of the
                  Registration Statement.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

(a)      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
         the Securities Act of 1933;

                  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
         after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most
         recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
         aggregate, represents a fundamental change in the information set forth
         in the registration statement;

                  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
         plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
         statement or any material change to such information in the
         registration statement;

         Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

         (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer, or controlling person connected with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Hopkins, State of Minnesota, on August 12, 1996.


                                  INNOVEX, INC.


                                  By   /s/ Thomas W. Haley
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Thomas W. Haley, Chief Executive Officer



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned officers and directors of Innovex, Inc. hereby
constitute and appoint Thomas W. Haley and Douglas W. Keller, or either of them,
with power to act one without the other, our true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for us and in our
stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and all documents
relating thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing necessary or advisable to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons on
August 12, 1996 in the capacities indicated.


Signature

/s/ Thomas W. Haley                         /s/ Gerald M. Bestler
- --------------------------------------      -----------------------------------
Thomas W. Haley, Chairman of the Board      Gerald M. Bestler, Director
and Chief Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer) and Director


/s/ Douglas W. Keller                       /s/ Willis K. Drake
- --------------------------------------      -----------------------------------
Douglas W. Keller, Vice President,          Willis K. Drake, Director
Corporate Controller (Principal
Financial Officer)


/s/ Michael C. Slagle                       /s/  Mary E. Curtin
- --------------------------------------      -----------------------------------
Michael C. Slagle, Director                 Mary E. Curtin, Director, Vice
                                            President, Legal Counsel and
                                            Secretary


/s/ Bernt M. Tessem                          /s/  William J. Miller
- --------------------------------------       ----------------------------------
Bernt M. Tessem, Director                    William J. Miller, Director
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 1996
                                                            Registration No. 33-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                  INNOVEX, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           MINNESOTA                                            41-1223933
(State or other jurisdiction of                              (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                             Identification No.)
    

                             1313 SOUTH FIFTH STREET
                          HOPKINS, MINNESOTA 55343-9904
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices and zip code)

                                  INNOVEX, INC.
                      1996 NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                                 Thomas W. Haley
                             Chief Executive Officer
                                  Innovex, Inc.
                             1313 South Fifth Street
                             Hopkins, MN 55343-9904
                                 (612) 938-4155
                          (Name, address, including zip
                            code and telephone number
                              of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:

                                Charles P. Moorse
                           Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P.
                                 4200 IDS Center
                              Minneapolis, MN 55402
                                 (612) 371-3211

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed         Proposed
Title of                                    Maximum          Maximum
Securities              Amount             Offering         Aggregate         Amount of
to be                    to be               Price          Offering        Registration
Registered            Registered           Per Share          Price              Fee
Common Stock,        135,000 shares        $16.25(1)      $2,193,750(1)        $756.47
$0.04 par value
(1)      Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee
         pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) and based upon the average of the high
         and low prices of the Company's Common Stock on the Nasdaq National
         Market on August 6, 1996.

                                     PART I

                  Pursuant to the Note to Part I of Form S-8, the information
required by Items 1 and 2 of Form S-8 is not filed as a part of this
Registration Statement.

                                     PART II

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission are hereby incorporated by reference herein:

         (a) The Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended September 30, 1995.

         (b) The Definitive Proxy Statement dated January 23, 1996 for the 1996
Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

         (c) The Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended December
31, 1995 and March 31, 1996.

         (d) The description of the Company's Common Stock as set forth in the
Company's Form 8-A Registration Statement dated January 29, 1985, which became
effective as of July 31, 1985 (Registration No. 0-13143), including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         Statutory Provisions. Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Business
Corporation Act provides that a corporation shall indemnify a person made or
threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of the former or present
official capacity of the person against judgments, penalties, fines, including,
without limitation, excise taxes assessed against the person with respect to an
employee benefit plan, settlements, and reasonable expenses, including
attorneys' fees and disbursements, incurred by the person in connection with the
proceeding, if, with respect to the acts or omissions of the person complained
of in the proceeding, the person:

         (1)      Has not been indemnified by another organization or employee
                  benefit plan for the same judgments, penalties, fines,
                  including, without limitation, excise taxes assessed against
                  the person with respect to an employee benefit plan,
                  settlements, and reasonable expenses, including attorneys'
                  fees and disbursements, incurred by the person in connection
                  with the proceeding with respect to the same acts or
                  omissions;

         (2)      Acted in good faith;

         (3)      Received no improper personal benefit and section 302A.255
                  (Director Conflicts of Interest), if applicable, has been
                  satisfied;

         (4)      In the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause
                  to believe the conduct was unlawful; and

         (5)      In the case of acts or omissions occurring in the official
                  capacity described in subdivision 1, paragraph (c), clause (1)
                  or (2), reasonably believed that the conduct was in the best
                  interests of the corporation, or in the case of acts or
                  omissions occurring in the official capacity described in
                  subdivision 1, paragraph (c), clause (3), reasonably believed
                  that the conduct was not opposed to the best interests of the
                  corporation. If the person's acts or omissions complained of
                  in the proceeding relate to conduct as a director, officer,
                  trustee, employee, or agent of an employee benefit plan, the
                  conduct is not considered to be opposed to the best interests
                  of the corporation if the person reasonably believed that the
                  conduct was in the best interests of the participants or
                  beneficiaries of the employee benefit plan.

         Articles of Incorporation. The Company's Articles of Incorporation
provides that no director of the corporation may be personally liable to the
Company or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as
a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of
loyalty to the Company or its shareholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in
good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
(iii) under section 302A.559 or 80A.23 of Minnesota Statutes; (iv) for any
transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit; or
(v) for any act or omission occurring prior to May 11, 1995 (the effective date
of the indemnification provisions in the Company's Articles of Incorporation).

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

Exhibit

5.1      Opinion and Consent of Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P.
                  as to the legality of the common stock
                  offered pursuant to the stock plan
                  referred to herein

23.1     Consent of Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1)

23.2     Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, independent certified public accountants

24.1     A power of attorney is set forth on the signature page of the
                  Registration Statement.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

(a)      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
         the Securities Act of 1933;

                  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
         after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most
         recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
         aggregate, represents a fundamental change in the information set forth
         in the registration statement;

                  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
         plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
         statement or any material change to such information in the
         registration statement;

         Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

         (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer, or controlling person connected with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Hopkins, State of Minnesota, on August 12, 1996.

                                  INNOVEX, INC.

                                  By   /s/ Thomas W. Haley
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Thomas W. Haley, Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned officers and directors of Innovex, Inc. hereby
constitute and appoint Thomas W. Haley and Douglas W. Keller, or either of them,
with power to act one without the other, our true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for us and in our
stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and all documents
relating thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing necessary or advisable to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons on
August 12, 1996 in the capacities indicated.

Signature

/s/ Thomas W. Haley                         /s/ Gerald M. Bestler
- --------------------------------------      -----------------------------------
Thomas W. Haley, Chairman of the Board      Gerald M. Bestler, Director
and Chief Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer) and Director

/s/ Douglas W. Keller                       /s/ Willis K. Drake
- --------------------------------------      -----------------------------------
Douglas W. Keller, Vice President,          Willis K. Drake, Director
Corporate Controller (Principal
Financial Officer)

/s/ Michael C. Slagle                       /s/  Mary E. Curtin
- --------------------------------------      -----------------------------------
Michael C. Slagle, Director                 Mary E. Curtin, Director, Vice
                                            President, Legal Counsel and
                                            Secretary

/s/ Bernt M. Tessem                          /s/  William J. Miller
- --------------------------------------       ----------------------------------
Bernt M. Tessem, Director                    William J. Miller, Director