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                                   EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each officer and director of
Cambrex Corporation, a Delaware corporation, whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Cyril C. Baldwin, Jr., James A. Mack, and Douglas H.
MacMillan, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all Annual Reports
on Form 10-K which said Cambrex Corporation may be required to file pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any and all
amendments thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF each of the undersigned has executed this instrument
as of the 25th day of January 2001.

/s/ James A. Mack.                                /s/ Leon J. Hendrix
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James A. Mack                                     Leon J. Hendrix
President, Chief Executive Officer                Director
Chairman of the Board

/s/ Douglas H. MacMillan                          /s/ Ilan Kaufthal
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Douglas H. MacMillan                              Leon J. Hendrix, Jr.
Vice President - Finance and                      Director
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and                  /s/William Korb
Accounting Officer)                               ------------------------------
                                                  William Korb
                                                  Director

/s/ Rosina B. Dixon                               /s/ Robert LeBuhn
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Rosina B. Dixon, M.D.                             William Korbl
Director                                          Director


/s/ George J.W. Goodman                           /s/ John R. Miller
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George J.W. Goodman                               John R. Miller
Director                                          Director


/s/ Roy W. Haley                                  /s/ Dean P. Phypers
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Roy W. Haley                                      John R. Miller
Director                                          Director


/s/ Kathryn Rudie Harrigan, PhD
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Kathryn Rudie Harrigan, PhD
Director