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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
financial statements included in the Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended August
31, 1998, of Endogen, Inc. to which this exhibit is a part and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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