Form: 10-K

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG

Published on


Consent to Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors


We consent to the incorporation by reference in (Form S-8 No. 333-08623, No.
333-36093, and No. 333-56933) pertaining to the Incentive Stock Option,
Non-qualified Stock Option, and Restricted Stock Purchase Plan - 1991; 1995
Stock Option Plan for Directors; and Employee Stock Purchase Plan of our report
dated January 31, 1999, with respect to the financial statements of SONUS
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year
ended December 31, 1998.


/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP


Seattle, Washington
March 23, 1999