POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints each of William T. McKee and Fredrick J.
Killion, signing singly, 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 and/or director of Barr Laboratories,
Inc., Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16 (a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder.

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

(3)	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
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do 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.

	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
day of   ,	.



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