-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Vfca94Z5KW4sKqix4SIdADpp78rCTZnre5DDSAQmFYoAEG1LXN90XU+X1C5k1jrv N+O5xGLhyuKWXWEGmJiAhg== 0001181431-03-023545.txt : 20030917 0001181431-03-023545.hdr.sgml : 20030917 20030917180016 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-03-023545 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030915 FILED AS OF DATE: 20030917 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SACHS DAVID H MD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001258933 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-19122 FILM NUMBER: 03900147 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 80 SW 8TH ST CITY: MIAMI STATE: FL ZIP: 33130 BUSINESS PHONE: 3053747338 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: APHTON CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000840319 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836] IRS NUMBER: 953640931 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 1049 STREET 2: STE 51-507 CITY: WOODLAND STATE: CA ZIP: 95776 BUSINESS PHONE: 5306616077 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 1049 STREET 2: STE 51-507 CITY: WOODLAND STATE: CA ZIP: 95776 3 1 rrd14083.xml FORM 3 X0201 32003-09-15 0 0000840319 APHTON CORP APHT 0001258933 SACHS DAVID H MD 80 SOUTHWEST EIGHTH STREET MIAMI FL 33130 1000No securities beneficially owned0DPatrick T. Mooney, Attorney-in-fact2003-09-17 EX-24. 3 rrd5954_6551.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY rrd5954_6551.html POWER OF ATTORNEY

          Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Philip C. Gevas, Frederick W. Jacobs, Patrick T. Mooney and Nicholas Porras,
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 Aphton Corporation (the "Company"),
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 o r 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 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 15th day of September, 2003.
                                       
                                                /s/ David H. Sachs, M.D.
                                                David H. Sachs, M.D.
         


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