LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
                      FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes
and appoints each of R. Timmis Ware and Paul Bavier, signing singly and each
acting individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact with
full power and authority as hereinafter described to:

     (1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Biodel Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3,
4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder (the "Exchange
Act");

     (2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to prepare, complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4, or 5, prepare, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
thereto, and timely deliver and file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;

     (3)  seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company's
securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan
administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such
person to release any such information to such attorney-in-fact and approves
and ratifies any such release of information; and

     (4)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming
nor relieving, nor is the Company assuming nor relieving, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
The undersigned acknowledges that neither the Company nor the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact assume (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility
to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the
undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any
obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under
Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 14th day of February, 2008.


                                             /s/ Samuel P. Wertheimer
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                                             Samuel P. Wertheimer
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