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                                                                  EXHIBIT No. 27

    This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the 
Applied Bioscience International Inc. Consolidated Balance Sheet and Statement 
of Operations included within this Form 10-Q and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to such financial statements.
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