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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23B
                 

The Board of Directors
Nastech Pharmaceutical Company Inc.:


We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-________) on Form S-3 of Nastech Pharmaceutical Company Inc. of our report
dated August 15, 1996, relating to the balance sheet of Nastech Pharmaceutical
Company Inc. as of June 30, 1996 and 1995, and the related statements of
operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the three years in
the period ended June 30, 1996, which report appears in the December 31, 1996
transition report on Form 10-K of Nastech Pharmaceutical Company Inc.


                                    Robbins, Greene, Horowitz, Lester & Co., LLP

New York, New York
January 5, 1998