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                                                               Exhibit 11

                                 CHIREX INC.

                    STATEMENT COMPUTATION OF LOSS PER SHARE


                                                              Historical
                                                               Weighted
                                                                Average
                                                                 Shares
                                                             
                           Type of Security

Company, for the three months ended March 31, 1996
  
  Common stock outstanding at beginning of year                3,489,301
 
  Issuance of cheap stock                                         50,285
   
  Weighted average common stock issued during the period       1,618,657

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    Weighted average common stock oustanding                   5,158,243
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