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Exhibit 21.1

CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

        The following is a list of subsidiaries of the Company as of December 31, 2012:

Subsidiary
  Jurisdiction of Incorporation   Name Under Which Does Business (if Different)  

Cubist Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. 

   Delaware        

Cubist Pharmaceuticals U.S. 

   Massachusetts        

Cubist Pharmaceuticals (UK) Ltd. 

   England and Wales        

Cubist Pharmaceuticals GmbH

   Switzerland        

Calixa Therapeutics Inc. 

   Delaware        

Adolor Corporation

   Delaware        



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