EXHIBIT 23.2

               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

    We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to
the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-3) and
related Prospectus of Inhale Therapeutic Systems, Inc. for the registration of
4,558,065 shares of its common stock and $230,000,000 of its 3.5% Convertible
Subordinated Notes due October 17, 2007, of our report dated January 5, 2001
with respect to the financial statements of Bradford Particle Design plc
included in Inhale Therapeutic Systems, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                              /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Palo Alto, California
January 12, 2001