Exhibit 23.2

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in this
Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Discovery Laboratories, Inc. and to the
incorporation by reference therein of our report dated February 25, 2000, with
respect to our audit of the consolidated financial statements for the period
from May 18, 1993 (inception) through December 31, 1999, not presented
separately, 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
December 16, 2003


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