EXHIBIT 6

                            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 Annual Report of AEterna Laboratories Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Gilles
Gagnon, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, that:

     (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/ GILLES GAGNON
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Gilles Gagnon
President and Chief Executive Officer


Dated: May 15, 2003




A signed original of this written statement required by ss. 906 has been
provided to AEterna Laboratories Inc. and will be retained by AEterna
Laboratories Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its
staff upon request.






                            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 Annual Report of AEterna Laboratories Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Dennis
Turpin, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (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/ DENNIS TURPIN
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Dennis Turpin
Vice President and Chief
  Financial Officer


Dated: May 15, 2003




A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been
provided to AEterna Laboratories Inc. and will be retained by AEterna
Laboratories Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its
staff upon request.