Exhibit 24.1                 
                                        POWER OF ATTORNEY
        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Michael A. Alrutz with full power of substitution, 
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1)        prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
 (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling
 the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required 
by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or 
regulation of the SEC;
(2)        execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as Director of Finance of Trimeris, Inc. 
(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(3)                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, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any
 stock exchange or similar authority; 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 pow
ers 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.
        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  9th  day of September, 2004.

                By:  Andrew L. Graham  &
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                         Andrew L. Graham
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