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                            INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Corvas International, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No. 33-
45607) on Form S-8, as amended, of Corvas International, Inc. of our report
dated February 19, 1997 relating to the balance sheets of Corvas International,
Inc. as of December 31, 1996, and 1995, and the related statements of
operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 1996, which report appears in the December
31, 1996 annual report on Form 10-K of Corvas International, Inc.


                                       KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
San Diego, California
March 26, 1997