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EXHIBIT 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Maxim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-3 of Maxim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a development stage company) of our
report dated November 19, 1999, relating to the balance sheets of Maxim
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as of September 30, 1999, and 1998, and the related
statements of operations, stockholders' equity (deficit), and cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended September 30, 1999, and for
the period from inception (October 23, 1989) through September 30, 1999 and
related schedule, which report appears in the September 30,1999, annual
report on Form 10-K of Maxim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
San Diego, California
July 12, 2000
