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Exhibit 23.4
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Ribi ImmunoChem Research, Inc.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-8 to be filed on or about December 29, 2000 of Corixa Corporation of our
report dated January 22, 1999, with respect to the balance sheets of Ribi
ImmunoChem Research, Inc. as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the related
statements of operations, stockholders' equity and comprehensive income, and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
1998, which report appears in the Form 8-K of Corixa Corporation dated October
6, 1999.
Billings, Montana KPMG LLP
December 28, 2000
