EXHIBIT 21

AVATEX CORPORATION  SUBSIDIARIES OF THE CORPORATION  AS OF MAY 31, 2002

|All subsidiaries are 100% owned except where otherwise indicated: |                                                                                                        
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|                                                                  | Avatex Funding, Inc. (Delaware)                                                                        
|                                                                  | Chemlink Acquisition Company, LLC (Delaware) (59%)                                                     
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|                                                                  | Davenport, Inc. (Delaware)                                                                             
|                                                                  | Intergroup Services, Inc. (Delaware)                                                                   
|                                                                  | M&A Investments, Inc. (Delaware)                                                                       
|                                                                  | National Aluminum Corporation (Delaware)                                                               
|                                                                  | National Intergroup Realty Holdings, Inc. (Delaware)                                                   
|                                                                  | Natmin Development Corporation (Delaware)                                                              
|                                                                  | Riverside Insurance Co., Ltd. (Bermuda)                                                                
|                                                                  | US HealthData Interchange, Inc. (Delaware)                                                             
|                                                                  | The following subsidiaries are in Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings (except for FoxMeyer Funding, Inc.):
|                                                                  | FoxMeyer Corporation (Delaware)                                                                        
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