Exhibit 99.2

                           CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                 SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002,
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

         In connection with the Quarterly Report of Alkermes Clinical Partners,
L.P. (the "Partnership") on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2002 as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, James. M. Frates, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Alkermes Development Corporation II, General Partner of the Partnership,
certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350 that:

     1.  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     2.  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the
Partnership.

                                              /s/ James M. Frates
                                              James M. Frates
                                              Vice President and Chief Financial
                                              Officer of Alkermes Development
                                              Corporation II, General Partner of
                                              Alkermes Clinical Partners, L.P.
                                              August 14, 2002