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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.4(d)</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amendment No. 4 to Research, License and
Royalty Agreement</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Amendment
No. 4 to Research, License and Royalty Agreement (the &#147;Amendment&#148;) is entered
into on July&nbsp;22, 1998 by and between Pharmacopeia, Inc. (&#147;Pharmacopeia&#148;)
and Berlex Laboratories, Inc. (&#147;Berlex&#148;), effective as of February&nbsp;15,
1998 (the &#147;Amendment Effective Date&#148;), and amends that certain Research,
License and Royalty Agreement entered into by Pharmacopeia and Berlex effective
as of February&nbsp;15, 1995 (the &#147;Agreement&#148;), as amended by Amendment
No.&nbsp;1 to Research, License and Royalty Agreement effective as of
November&nbsp;27, 1996, Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to Research, License and Royalty
Agreement effective as of June&nbsp;30, 1997, and Amendment No. 3 to Research
License and Royalty Agreement effective as of November&nbsp;21, 1997.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS, under
the terms of the Agreement, as amended, Pharmacopeia and Berlex have conducted
certain research activities under the Research Plan concerning identification
of compounds [*];</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS, under
the terms of the Agreement, as amended, Pharmacopeia has identified a Lead
Compound for [*]; and</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS,
Berlex would like Pharmacopeia to conduct certain activities to optimize the
Lead Compound for [*] and Pharmacopeia is willing to conduct such activities on
the terms and conditions set forth herein;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NOW THEREFORE,
the parties hereby amend the Agreement as follows:</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>All capitalized terms
not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings given to them in the
Agreement, as amended.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The following new
Sections 1.51, 1.52 and 1.53 are added following Section 1.50:</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.51&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#147;[*]
Term&#148; means the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending thirty-six
(36) months after the Effective Date.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.52&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#147;[*]
Term&#148; shall mean the period commencing on July 1, 1998 and, unless earlier
terminated, ending February 28, 1999.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.53&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#147;Research
Term&#148; means the [*] Term and the [*] Term.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Section 1.47 is
amended to read in its entirety as follows:</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.47&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#147;Term
of the Agreement&#148; is defined in Section 14.1.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The words &#147;during the
[*] Term&#148; are added to the end of Section 2.2.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Section 5.1 is
amended to read in its entirety as follows:</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; [*]<u> Term.</u></font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Subject to Article XIV
and Sections 3.2 and 3.5 (as amended herein), the [*] Term for screening
activities under the Research Plan shall extend until [*].&#160; The [*] Term may be further extended with
the written agreement of the Parties.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Berlex shall, at least
[*] prior to the end of the [*] Term, notify Pharmacopeia in writing whether
Berlex wishes to negotiate an extension of the [*] Term.&#160; Such written notice shall include at least
the following information: (i) whether Berlex wishes to continue conducting
research in the Field or wishes to conduct research with respect to additional
or different targets, (ii) an identification of any such proposed additional or
different targets, (iii) the length of the proposed extended [*] Term, and (iv)
the proposed amount of funding for such extended [*] Term.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>(i)&#160; Berlex shall make a payment to Pharmacopeia,
in addition to the payments due under Section 5.2, on or before the last day of
the [*] Term (the &#147;Wind-Down Payment&#148;).&#160;
The amount of the Wind-Down Payment shall be [*].&#160; In the event Berlex fails to provide
Pharmacopeia written notice as provided under Section 5.1(b), then the amount
of the Wind-Down Payment shall be [*].&#160;
However, to the extent that Pharmacopeia&#146;s activities pursuant to the
Research Plan utilize fewer than an average of [*] full time equivalents
(&#147;FTE&#146;s&#148;) between [*] and [*], any research funding paid by Berlex which is
unexpended as of the end of the [*] Term (based on a value of [*] per year per
FTE actually utilized, prorated over the period between [*] and [*]) may be
credited against (x) the Wind-Down Payment, up to the amount of the Wind-Down
Payment, to reduce or eliminate such Wind-Down Payment, or (y) any research
payments due with respect to an extension of the [*] Term beyond [*].</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&#160;
In exchange for the Wind-Down Payment, Pharmacopeia shall provide such
number of FTE&#146;s as the Research Committee reasonably agrees, in order to
complete certain activities previously commenced pursuant to the Research Plan.</font></p>

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amended to read in its entirety as follows:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>[*] within [*] of
receipt of the final written report on the research done during the [*] Term
pursuant to the Research Plan.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The following new
Section 5.3 is added after Section 5.2:</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.3&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; [*]<u>
Funding</u>. The parties understand and agree that Berlex has made all payments
pursuant to Section 5.1 and 5.2 for the [*] Term. With respect to the [*] Term,
on or before [*], Berlex shall pay to Pharmacopeia [*]. On or before [*],
Berlex shall pay to Pharmacopeia an amount equal to: [*] less an unused portion
of the Wind-Down Payment to be calculated by Pharmacopeia and communicated to
Berlex by [*].</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Section 14.1 is
amended to read in its entirety as follows:</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Term
of the Agreement</u>. The Term of the Agreement shall commence on the Effective
Date and, unless terminated earlier as provided in this Section 14, shall
continue in full force and effect on a country-by-country basis and
compound-by-compound basis until Berlex and its Sublicensees have no remaining
royalty obligations in a country, at which time this Agreement shall terminate
in such country.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Section 1.6, 1.40,
3.2(a), 3.8, 4.9, 4.14, 5.2, 6.2, and 7.3 are amended by replacing each
instance of the word &#147;Term&#148; with the words &#147;[*] Term.&#148; Section 3.2(e) is
amended by replacing the words &#147;Term of the Agreement&#148; with the words &#147;[*]
Term.&#148;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Sections 1.5, 1.12,
1.19, 1.37, 3.3, 3.9, 4.5(c), 4.6, 4.8(b), 4.13(d), 10.1(b), 13.1, 13.2,
14.2(e) and 14.3(d) are amended by replacing each instance of the word &#147;Term&#148;
with the words &#147;Research Term.&#148; Sections 4.6 and 13.6 are amended by replacing
the words &#147;Term of this Agreement&#148; with the words &#147;Research Term.&#148;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Section 8.1 is amended by replacing each
instance of the word &#147;Term&#148; with the words &#147;Term of this Agreement.&#148;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Except as specifically modified or amended
hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and, as modified or
amended, is hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.&#160; No</p>

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this Amendment may be modified or amended except expressly in a writing signed
by both parties nor shall any terms be waived except expressly in a writing
signed by the party charged therewith.&#160;
This Amendment shall be governed in accordance with the laws of the
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WHEREOF, each of the parties has executed this Amendment as of the date
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dale Stringfellow</font></p>
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