INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT





The Board of Directors
Enzon, Inc.:

We  consent  to  incorporation  by  reference  in  Registration  Statement  Nos.
333-18051 and 33-50904 on Form S-8 and  Registration  Statement Nos.  333-58269,
333-46117,  333-32093,  333-1535 and 333-30818 on Form S-3 of Enzon, Inc. of our
report dated September 5, 2000,  relating to the consolidated  balance sheets of
Enzon,  Inc.  and  subsidiaries  as of June 30,  2000  and 1999 and the  related
consolidated statements of operations,  stockholders' equity, and cash flows for
each of the years in the  three-year  period ended June 30,  2000,  which report
appears in the June 30, 2000 annual report on Form 10-K of Enzon, Inc.


                                                               /s/ KPMG LLP
                                                               KPMG LLP



Short Hills, New Jersey
September 28, 2000


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