EXHIBIT 6

                   [DAVIES WARD PHILLIPS & VINEBERG LLP LETTERHEAD]




September 17, 2003

British Columbia Securities Commission
Alberta Securities Commission
Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission, Securities Division
The Manitoba Securities Commission
Ontario Securities Commission
Commission  des valeurs mobilieres du Quebec
Nova Scotia Securities Commission
Office of the Administrator - New Brunswick
Registrar of Securities - Prince Edward Island
Securities Commission of Newfoundland & Labrador

         (collectively, the "SECURITIES COMMISSIONS")

SUBJECT:  NEUROCHEM INC.
          OUR FILE NO. 018560-200951

Dear Sirs/Mesdames:

This letter is  addressed  to you in  connection  with the final short form base
PREP prospectus (the "PROSPECTUS") of Neurochem Inc dated September 16, 2003.

We hereby  consent to the use of our name on the face page of the Prospectus and
under the heading  "Legal  matters" in the  Prospectus and consent to the use of
our name and to the reference to our opinion (the  "OPINION")  under the heading
"Eligibility for investment" in the Prospectus.

We have read the  Prospectus and we have no reason to believe that there are any
misrepresentations  in the  information  contained  in the  Prospectus  that are
derived  from the  Opinion  or that is within our  knowledge  as a result of the
services we performed in connection with the Opinion.

This letter is solely for the  information of the Securities  Commissions and is
not to be  referred  to in whole or in part in the  Prospectus  or in any  other
similar document and is not to be relied upon for any other purposes.

Yours truly,

(SIGNED) DAVIES WARD PHILLIPS & VINEBERG LLP