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                                   EXHIBIT 11

                               DIGENE CORPORATION

                  STATEMENT RE: COMPUTATION OF PER SHARE LOSS


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                                                     Three months ended March 31,                    Nine months ended March 31,
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                                                       1997                  1996                    1997                  1996
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 Net loss per share:

 Weighted average shares of Common Stock
     outstanding                                     11,418,954                374,775              11,346,234              371,034

 Shares of 1994 Series Preferred Stock    
     issued during the twelve month period    
     prior to March 29, 1996, the date of the 
     filing of the Company's Registration     
     Statement on Form S-1 (using the treasury                 
     method)                                              -                    192,607                   -                  192,607
                                                                                                             
 Shares of Common Stock issued during the                                                                    
     twelve month period prior to March 29,                                                                  
     1996, the date of the filing of the                                                                     
     Company's Registration Statement on                                                                     
     Form S-1 (using the treasury stock                                                                      
     method)                                              -                      5,295                   -                    5,295
                                                                                                             
 Common equivalent shares from options and                                                                   
     warrants issued during the twelve                          
     month period prior to March 29, 1996,                      
     the date of the filing of the                              
     Company's Registration Statement on                        
     Form S-1 (using the treasury stock                         
     method)                                              -                    283,666                   -                  283,666
                                                 ---------------       ----------------        ----------------      ---------------

 Total                                               11,418,954                856,343              11,346,234              852,602
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 Loss for the period                             $   (1,778,080)       $      (607,162)        $    (3,682,492)      $   (1,706,831)
                                                 ===============       ================        ================      ===============

 Net loss per share                              $        (0.16)       $         (0.71)        $         (0.32)      $        (2.00)
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