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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1

[FACE OF CERTIFICATE]

NUMBER
OB

OMRIX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

SHARES

CUSIP 681989 10 9
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

This certifies that
is the owner of
FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER
SHARE, OF
OMRIX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(hereinafter the "Corporation"), transferable on the books of the Corporation by
the holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of
this certificate properly endorsed. This certificate is not valid until
countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.
WITNESS the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of
its duly authorized officers.

Dated:

/sig/
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

[SEAL]

/sig/
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
(New York, NY)
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
BY
AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE


[REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE]

OMRIX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
The Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock. The
Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests a
statement of the powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating,
optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the
Corporation, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights.

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The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common TEN
ENT - as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in
common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - _____(Cust)_____ Custodian _____(Minor)_____ under Uniform
Gifts to Minors Act _____(State)_____

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

For value received, hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE Please
print or typewrite name and address, including postal zip code, of assignee

Shares of the Common Stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint

Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Corporation
with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the Certificate, in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever.

Signature(s) Guaranteed:

THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS,
STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN
AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE
17Ad-15.

KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE, IF IT IS LOST, STOLEN, MUTILATED OR
DESTROYED, THE CORPORATION MAY REQUIRE A BOND OF INDEMNITY AS A CONDITION TO THE
ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE.