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EXHIBIT 31.2


CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT

        I, Robert E. Farrell, J.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., certify that:


Date: March 12, 2004

 

/s/  
ROBERT E. FARRELL      
Robert E. Farrell, J.D.
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer



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CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT