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The following is an excerpt from a 10-K SEC Filing, filed by SEPRACOR INC /DE/ on 4/1/2002.
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SEPRACOR INC /DE/ - 10-K - 20020401 - AUDITORS_OPINION

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

To the Board of Directors of Sepracor Inc.

        In our opinion, based upon our audits and the report of other auditors, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of operations, of stockholders' equity (deficit) and comprehensive income, and of cash flows present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Sepracor Inc. and its subsidiaries (the "Company") at December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2001, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We did not audit the financial statements of BioSphere Medical Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary through July 2, 2001, which statements reflect total assets of 3% of the related consolidated totals as of December 31, 2000, and total revenues of 5% and 10% of the related consolidated totals for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2000. Those statements were audited by other auditors whose report thereon has been furnished to us, and our opinion expressed herein, insofar as it relates to the amounts included for BioSphere Medical Inc. through December 31, 2000, is based solely on the report of the other auditors. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits and the report of other auditors provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
January 21, 2002, except as to the information in
Note V for which the date is March 27, 2002

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