Exhibit 23.01


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


Hemispherx Biopharama, Inc.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-57134)
of our report dated March 15, 2002, except for Note
18 which is of March 20, 2002, relating to the consolidated
financial statements of Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. and
subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2001
appearing in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K.





                                      /x/ BDO Seidman, LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
April 8, 2002