DURA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
4, 1998-06-08
PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   Newman, James W.
   c/o Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
   7475 Lusk Blvd.
   San Diego, CA  92121
   USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
   (DURA)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
   
4. Statement for Month/Year
   5-31-98
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
   
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
   ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
   (specify below)
Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration, and Chief Financial 
Officer
   
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
   (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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 Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                 |
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1. Title of Security       |2.    |3.    |4.Securities Acquired (A)         |5.Amount of        |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect       |
                           | Transaction |  or Disposed of (D)              |  Securities       |ect   |  Beneficial Ownership     |
                           |      |      |                                  |  Beneficially     |(D)or |                           |
                           |      |    | |                  | A/|           |  Owned at         |Indir |                           |
                           | Date |Code|V|    Amount        | D |    Price  |  End of Month     |ect(I)|                           |
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<S>                        <C>    <C>  <C><C>               <C> <C>         <C>                 <C>    <C>
Common Stock, $.001 par val|2-18-9|G(1)|V|1,650             |D  |N/A        |                   |      |                           |
ue per share               |8     |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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Common Stock, $.001 par val|2-18-9|G(1)|V|1,650             |A  |N/A        |33,350             |I     |By Family Trust            |
ue per share               |8     |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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                           |      |    | |                  |   |           |1,650              |I     |By Daughters               |
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                           |      |    | |                  |   |           |728                |I     |By 401(k) Plan             |
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 Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                   |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con-  |3.   |4.    |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount  |8.Price|9.Number    |10.|11.Nature of|
  Security            |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and|  of Underlying     |of Deri|of Deriva   |Dir|Indirect    |
                      |or Exer |     |      | rities Acqui  |Expiration |  Securities        |vative |tive        |ect|Beneficial  |
                      |cise    |     |      | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/|                    |Secu   |Securities  |(D)|Ownership   |
                      |Price of|     |      | posed of(D)   |Day/Year)  |                    |rity   |Benefi      |or |            |
                      |Deriva- |     |      |               |Date |Expir|                    |       |ficially    |Ind|            |
                      |tive    |     |      |           | A/|Exer-|ation|   Title and Number |       |Owned at    |ire|            |
                      |Secu-   |     |    | |           | D |cisa-|Date |   of Shares        |       |End of      |ct |            |
                      |rity    |Date |Code|V|  Amount   |   |ble  |     |                    |       |Month       |(I)|            |
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<S>                   <C>      <C>   <C>  <C><C>        <C> <C>   <C>   <C>          <C>     <C>     <C>          <C> <C>
                      |        |     |    | |           |   |     |     |            |       |       |            |   |            |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Gifts to three daughters who share reporting person's household, one of 
whom is a minor.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ James W. Newman
DATE
June 5, 1998



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