ARIAD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints each of
Harvey J. Berger, M.D., Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer and President;
Thomas J. DesRosier, Esq., Executive Vice President,
Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Secretary;
and Edward M. Fitzgerald, Executive
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer;
of ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the ?Company?),
together with Jonathan L. Kravetz, Brian P. Keane,
and Scott A. Samuels of Mintz, Levin,
Cohn, Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., signing singly
with full power of substitution, the undersigned?s
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in
the undersigned's capacity as an officer,
director and/or 10% shareholder of the Company,
forms and authentication documents for
EDGAR Filing Access;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for
and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such forms and
authentication documents;

(3)	execute for and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the undersigned?s
capacity as an officer,
director and/or 10% shareholder of the Company,
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
the rules thereunder;

(4)	do and perform any and all acts for and
on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary

or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form
with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

(5)	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 interests 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
is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned?s responsibilities to comply
with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.



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 THEREOF, the undersigned has
caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed this 24 day of April, 2015.





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 						/s/Anna Protopapas