Exhibit 23.2

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 and the related Prospectus of Discovery
Laboratories, Inc. for the registration of 8,288,369 shares of its common stock
and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated February 25,
2000, with respect to our audits of the consolidated financial statements for
the period from May 18, 1993 (inception) through December 31, 1999, not
presented separately except for the consolidated statement of changes in
stockholders' equity, included in its annual report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2002, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Eisner LLP

New York, New York
August 8, 2003