Etheridge Ransom – ‘4’ for 9/4/02 re: Hemispherx Biopharma Inc.

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Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities by an Insider   —   Form 4   —   SEA’34
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 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 4

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
 Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[_]  Check box if no longer  subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See Instruction 1(b).                                   

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*                                      

Etheridge                        Ransom                                   
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(Last)                           (First)             (Middle)             

2413 Winwood Shore Drive                                                    
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(Street)

Virginia Beach                     VA                 23451                 
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(City)                           (State)              (Zip)               

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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol                                   

Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc.                                            
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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)    

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4.   Statement for Month/Day/Year                                               

9/4/02                                                                
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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)                                

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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer                              
(Check all applicable)                                                

[x]  Director                             [_]  10% Owner              
[_]  Officer (give title below)           [_]  Other (specify below)  

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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)                     
[x]  Form filed by one Reporting Person                               
[_]  Form filed by more Than One Reporting Person                     
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 Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned 
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                                                                 4.                              5.             Owner-              
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Amount of      ship                
                                                    3.           Disposed of (D)                 Securities     Form:     7.        
                                                    Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Beneficially   Direct    Nature of 
                                 2.                 Code         ------------------------------- Owned at End   (D) or    Indirect  
1.                               Transaction        (Instr. 8)                    (A)            of Month       Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security                Date               ------------     Amount       or    Price    (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership 
(Instr. 3)                       (Month/Day/Year)   Code     V                    (D)            and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially   
owned directly or indirectly.                               
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v)
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                                                                 SEC 1474 (3-99)

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FORM 4 (continued)                                                              

Table    II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially     
      Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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                                                                                                          9.        Owner-          
                                                                                                          Number    ship            
                                                                                                          of        Form            
                    2.                                                                                    Deriv-    of              
                    Conver-                    5.                              7.                         ative     Deriv-   11.    
                    sion                       Number of                       Title and Amount           Secur-    ative    Nature 
                    or                         Derivative    6.                of Underlying     8.       ities     Secur-   of     
                    Exer-             4.       Securities    Date              Securities        Price    Bene-     ity      In-    
                    cise     3.       Trans-   Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)  of       ficially  Direct   direct 
                    Price    Trans-   action   or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------  Deriv-   Owned     (D) or   Bene-  
1.                  of       action   Code     of(D)         (Month/Day/Year)            Amount  ative    at End    In-      ficial 
Title of            Deriv-   Date     (Instr.  (Instr. 3,    ----------------            or      Secur-   of        direct   Owner- 
Derivative          ative    (Month/  8)       4 and 5)      Date     Expira-            Number  ity      Month     (I)      ship   
Security            Secur-   Day/     ------   ------------  Exer-    tion               of      (Instr.  (Instr.   (Instr.  (Instr.
(Instr. 3)          ity      Year)    Code V    (A)   (D)    cisable  Date     Title     Shares  5)       4)        4)       4)     
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    Warrants        $2.00    9-4-02    A        50,000    8-14-03  8-13-07 Common Stock  50,000  $2.00               D              
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    Warrants        $2.00    9-4-02    A        50,000    8-14-04  8-13-07 Common Stock  50,000  $2.00               D              
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Explanation of Responses:                                                       

            /s/ Ransom Etheridge
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                     **Signature of Reporting Person

    Date  9-4-2002
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**     Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal       
Criminal Violations.                                              
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).                         

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.    
 If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.