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EXHIBIT 23.1
The Board of Directors
Pain Therapeutics, Inc.:
We consent to the use of our report dated February 26, 2000, except as to note 7
which is as of March 9, 2000 incorporated herein by reference relating to the
balance sheets of Pain Therapeutics, Inc. as of December 31, 1998 and 1999, and
the related statements of operations, stockholder's equity (deficit) and cash
flows for the period from May 4, 1998 (inception) through December 31, 1998, for
the year ended December 31, 1999 and for the period from May 4, 1998 (inception)
through the year ended December 31, 1999.
KPMG LLP
San Francisco, California
July 17, 2000
