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 Steven M. Klosk and Gregory P. Sargen, 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 19th day of February 2009.


                                         
/s/ Steven M. Klosk                         /s/ Gregory P. Sargen
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Steven M. Klosk                             Gregory P. Sargen
President, Chief Executive Officer and      Vice President and Chief Financial
Director                                    Officer (Principal Financial Officer and
                                            Accounting Officer)

/s/ John R. Miller                          /s/ Leon J. Hendrix, Jr.
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John R. Miller                              Leon J. Hendrix, Jr.
Chairman of the Board of Directors          Director

/s/ David R. Bethune                        /s/ Ilan Kaufthal
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David R. Bethune                            Ilan Kaufthal
Director                                    Director


/s/ Rosina B. Dixon                         /s/ William Korb
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Rosina B. Dixon, M.D.                       William Korb
Director                                    Director


/s/ Roy W. Haley                            /s/ Peter G. Tombros
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Roy W. Haley                                Peter G. Tombros
Director                                    Director


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