Exhibit 99.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Qof Trimeris, Inc. (the
"Company") for the period ending June 30, 2002 as filed with Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Robert R. Bonczek,
Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that
to my knowledge:

         (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

         (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.

 /s/ ROBERT R. BONCZEK
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Robert R. Bonczek

Chief Financial Officer
August 13, 2002

         The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a
separate disclosure document.