EXHIBIT 24

                       CERTIFICATE OF CORPORATE RESOLUTION

         I, Don W. Schmitz, Secretary of Pharmacia Corporation, hereby certify
that the following resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of
Pharmacia Corporation at a meeting held on February 20, 2002:

         RESOLVED, that the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
         the year ended December 31, 2001, in substantially the form
         presented to the meeting and with such changes as may be
         approved by the Company's General Counsel, be and hereby is
         approved for filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
         Commission.


                                               // Don W. Schmitz
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                                             Don W. Schmitz

Dated: March 5, 2002