EXHIBIT 4.3

Published on October 7, 1997



EXHIBIT 4.4

No. ___
_________ Shares


COMMONWEALTH BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT


NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY SECURITY FOR WHICH IT MAY BE EXERCISED HAS BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT")
OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY SECURITY FOR
WHICH IT MAY BE EXERCISED NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN OR THEREIN
MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF AT ANY TIME IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH
TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION.


THIS IS TO CERTIFY that ____________________ or his assigns as
permitted in that certain Warrant Agreement (the "Warrant Agreement") dated June
25, 1997 between the Company (as hereafter defined) and __________________ is
entitled to purchase at any time or from time to time on or after June 25, 1998
until 5:00 p.m., Richmond, Virginia time on June 25, 2007, ______ shares of
Common Stock of Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the
"Company"), for an exercise price per share as set forth in the Warrant
Agreement referred to herein. This Warrant is issued pursuant to the Warrant
Agreement, and all rights of the holder of this Warrant are further governed by,
and subject to the terms and provisions of such Warrant Agreement, copies of
which are available upon request to the Company. The holder of this Warrant and
the shares issuable upon the exercise hereof shall be entitled to the benefits,
rights and privileges and subject to the obligations, duties and liabilities
provided in the Warrant Agreement.

Subject to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, of the Warrant
Agreement and of this Warrant, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are
transferable, in whole or in part, only to the extent expressly permitted in
such documents and then only at the office of the Company at Commonwealth
Biotechnologies, Inc., 911 East Leigh Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219,
Attention: Chairman, by the holder hereof or by a duly authorized
attorney-in-fact, upon surrender of this Warrant duly endorsed, together with
the Assignment hereof duly endorsed. Until transfer hereof on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the owner hereof
for all purposes.





IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed
and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed by its proper corporate officers
thereunto duly authorized.

COMMONWEALTH BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.


By:____________________________(SEAL)
President

ATTEST:



_______________________
Secretary