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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.24



This Employment Agreement (the "Agreement") is made as of November 15, 2001

Between:

               GENETRONICS, INC., a California corporation having its principal
               place of business at 11199 Sorrento Valley Road, San Diego, CA
               92121 (the "Company")

And:

               James L. Heppell, an individual whose address is 1400-1055 W.
Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia (the "Employee").

WHEREAS:

   A.   the Employee is the Executive Chairman of the Company;

   B.   the Employee is considered by the Board of Directors of the Company (the
        "Board") to be of great value to the Company and has acquired
        outstanding and special skills and abilities and an extensive background
        in and knowledge of the Company's business and the industry in which it
        is engaged;

   C.   the Company recognizes that it is essential and in the best interests of
        the Company that the Company retain the continuing dedication of the
        Employee to the Company;

   D.   the Company wishes to continue to retain and the Employee has agreed to
        supply his service in the capacity of Executive Chairman on the terms
        and conditions set out in this Agreement, which shall supersede and
        replace all prior agreements, if any, between the parties;

THEREFORE, in consideration of the recitals, the following covenants and the
payment of one dollar made by each party to the other, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is acknowledged by each party, the parties agree on the
following terms:

                              ARTICLE 1: EMPLOYMENT

1.1     EMPLOYMENT: The Company hereby employs the Employee as Executive
        Chairman or in such other capacity as may be requested by the Board,


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        and the Employee accepts such employment, upon the terms and subject to
        the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

1.2     DUTIES: The Employee shall perform such duties as are customarily
        associated with his then current title or titles, consistent with the
        Bylaws of the Company and as required by the Board. Said duties shall be
        performed at such place or places as the Company shall reasonably
        designate or as shall be reasonably appropriate and necessary to the
        discharge of the Employee's duties in connection with his employment.

1.3     HOURS: During the hours the Employee is working for the Company, the
        Employee will devote his best efforts and business time and attention,
        as necessary, to the performance of his duties hereunder and to the
        business and affairs of the Company. The Employee will duly, punctually
        and faithfully observe the Company's general employment policies and
        practices, including, without limitation, any and all rules,
        regulations, policies and/or procedures which the Company may now or
        hereafter establish governing the conduct of its business.


                             ARTICLE 2: COMPENSATION

2.1     SALARY AND STOCK OPTIONS: For his services hereunder, the Employee shall
        receive $250.00 per hour for work performed and shall receive $125.00
        per hour for travel time. Additionally, the Employee shall receive a
        grant of 40,000 options of the Company's stock upon execution of this
        Agreement. Such options shall vest immediately upon grant.

2.2     SALARY INCREASES AND BONUS: From time to time, the Company, in its
        unfettered discretion may decide to increase the salary for Employee and
        additionally may offer a discretionary bonus which could include cash,
        Company stock or stock options. The Company is under no obligation to
        provide salary increases or bonuses to Employee.

2.3     WITHHOLDING: All payments of salary, bonuses and other compensation
        pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to the customary withholding
        taxes as required by law.


                           ARTICLE 3: FRINGE BENEFITS

3.1     PARTICIPATION IN PLANS: The Employee shall be entitled to all additional
        fringe benefits, including, but not limited to, life and health
        insurance programs that may be generally available to other employees of
        the Company. All matters of eligibility for coverage of benefits under
        any plan or plans of health, hospitalization, life or other insurance
        provided by the Company shall be determined in accordance with the
        provisions of the insurance policies. The Company shall not be liable to
        the Employee, or his beneficiaries or successors, for any amount payable
        or claimed to be payable under any plan of insurance, which is not paid
        to any of the Company's other employees.



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3.2     BUSINESS EXPENSES: The parties acknowledge that the Employee shall
        incur, from time to time, for the benefit of the Company and in
        furtherance of the Company's business, various business expenses. The
        Company agrees that it shall either pay such expenses directly, advance
        sums to the Employee to be used for payment of such expenses, or
        reimburse the Employee for such expenses incurred by him. The Employee
        agrees to submit to the Company such documentation as may be reasonably
        necessary to substantiate that all expenses paid or reimbursed hereunder
        were reasonably related to the performance of his duties.

                  ARTICLE 4: TERM AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

4.1     INITIAL TERM: The term of this Agreement shall be from the date of this
        Agreement, until the Executive Chairman is no longer the Chairman of the
        Board of the Company unless terminated prior to such date in accordance
        with the terms of this Agreement.

4.2     TERMINATION:

        (a) THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT TO TERMINATE - The Employee may terminate his
        obligations under this Agreement:

               (i)    at any time upon providing three weeks notice in writing
                      to the Company;

               (ii)   upon a material breach of default of any term of this
                      Agreement by the Company if such material breach or
                      default has not been remedied within 30 days after written
                      notice of the material breach or default has been
                      delivered by the Employee to the Company; or

               (iii)  at any time within 180 days of the date on which there is
                      a Change of Control.

        (b) COMPANY'S RIGHT TO TERMINATE - The Company may terminate the
        Employee's employment under this Agreement at any time upon the
        occurrence of any of the following events:

               (i)    the Employee acting unlawfully, dishonestly, in bad faith
                      or negligently with respect to the business of the Company
                      to the extent that it has a material and adverse effect on
                      the Company;

               (ii)   the conviction of Employee of any crime or fraud against
                      the Company or its property or any felony offense or crime
                      reasonably likely to bring discredit upon the Employee or
                      the Company;

               (iii)  a material breach or default of any term of this Agreement
                      by the Employee if such material breach or default has not
                      been remedied within 30 days after written notice of the
                      material breach or default has been delivered by the
                      Company to the Employee;



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               (iv)   the Employee dying or becoming permanently disabled or
                      disabled for a period exceeding 180 consecutive days
                      calculated on a cumulative basis over any two year period
                      during the term of this Agreement; or

               (v)    at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the
                      Company.




   (A)  MITIGATION: The Employee shall not be required to mitigate any payments
        received under the provisions of this Agreement when another company or
        employer employs the Employee.


              ARTICLE 5: NON-DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

5.1     CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION DEFINED: "Confidential Information" shall mean
        information disclosed to the Employee, known by the Employee, or
        developed by the Employee (alone or with others) as a consequence of or
        through his employment by the Company or his relationship with the
        Company's subsidiaries, which information is not generally known in the
        industry in which the Company or of any of its subsidiaries are or may
        become engaged, about the business of the Company or of any of its
        subsidiaries, including but not limited to information relating to trade
        secrets of the Company or its subsidiaries, existing or potential
        customers, business plans and strategies, research methods and products,
        pricing and billing methods and marketing methods. Without regard to
        whether any of such matters would be deemed confidential, proprietary or
        material as a matter of law, the parties hereto stipulate that, as
        between them, such matters are confidential, proprietary, and material
        and unauthorized disclosure, use, or dissemination would seriously
        affect the effective and successful conduct of the business and
        interests of the Company or its subsidiaries, and its goodwill, and that
        any breach of the terms of this paragraph is a material breach of this
        Agreement.

5.2     PROHIBITION ON DISCLOSURE: Except as required in his duties to the
        Company, the Employee shall not, directly or indirectly use, disseminate
        or disclose any Confidential Information.

5.3     RETURN OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION UPON TERMINATION: Upon termination of
        his employment with the Company, the Employee shall return to the
        Company all documents, records, notebooks and electronic media
        containing Confidential Information, including all copies thereof,
        whether prepared by the Employee or others.

5.4     COOPERATION IN PROTECTING CONFIDENTIALITY: The Employee shall provide
        all reasonable assistance to the Company and its subsidiaries to protect
        the confidentiality of any such Confidential Information that Employee
        may have


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        directly or indirectly disclosed, published or made available to third
        parties in breach of this Agreement. The Employee shall take all
        reasonable steps requested by the Company to prevent the recurrence of
        such unauthorized access, use, possession or knowledge. If, at any time,
        the Employee becomes aware of any unauthorized access, use, possession,
        or knowledge of any Confidential Information by any third party, the
        Employee shall immediately notify the Company.

5.5     SURVIVAL: The parties agree that the obligations imposed by this
        paragraph shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement, and
        shall bind the Employee for a period of 15 years after such termination
        or expiration.


                            ARTICLE 6: MISCELLANEOUS

6.1     IRREPARABLE INJURY: The Employee expressly recognizes and agrees that
        his obligations under Article 5 of this Agreement are important and
        material and seriously affect the effective and successful conduct of
        the business and interests of the Company and its goodwill, and
        therefore the breach of any obligations under such Articles will
        constitute an irreparable injury to the Company, for which damages,
        although available, will not be an adequate remedy at law. Accordingly,
        the Employee expressly consents to the issuance of injunctive relief to
        enforce the obligations of this Agreement. The parties agree that
        service of process may be made by certified mail at the address first
        listed above. The provisions of this Article are not intended to limit
        the remedies and relief otherwise available to the Company for breaches
        by the Employee of Articles of this Agreement other than Article 5.

6.2     ASSIGNMENT PROHIBITED: This Agreement is personal to the Employee hereto
        and he may not assign or delegate any of his rights or obligations
        hereunder without first obtaining the written consent of the Company.
        The Company may not assign this Agreement without the written consent of
        the Employee except in connection with (i) a merger of consolidation of
        the Company (in which case the merged or consolidated entity shall
        remain fully liable for its obligations as the Company under this
        Agreement as specified above) or (ii) a transfer of this Agreement.

6.3     AMENDMENTS: No amendments or additions to this Agreement shall be
        binding unless in writing and signed by the party against whom
        enforcement of such amendment or addition is sought.

6.4     PARAGRAPH HEADINGS: The paragraph headings used in this Agreement are
        included solely for convenience and shall not affect of be used in
        connection with the interpretation of this Agreement.

6.5     LEGAL EXPENSES OF ENFORCEMENT: If either party commences a legal action
        or other proceeding for enforcement of this Agreement, or because of an



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        alleged dispute, breach, default or misrepresentation in connection with
        any of the provisions of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be
        entitled to reasonable attorney's fees and other costs incurred in
        connection with the action or proceeding, in addition to any other
        relief to which it may be entitled.

6.6     SEVERABILITY: If any provision of this Agreement is declared invalid by
        any tribunal, then such provision shall be deemed automatically modified
        to conform to the requirements for validity as declared at such time,
        and as so modified, shall be deemed a provision of this Agreement as
        though originally included herein. In the event that the provision
        invalidated is of such a nature that it cannot be so modified, the
        provision shall be deemed deleted from this Agreement as though the
        provision had never been included herein. In either case, the remaining
        provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect.

6.7     ARBITRATION: Any controversy, claim or dispute arising out of or
        relating to this Agreement or its construction and interpretation shall
        be settled by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American
        Arbitration Association, and judgment upon the award rendered in such
        arbitration may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. In
        addition, any controversy, claim or dispute concerning the scope of this
        arbitration clause or whether a particular dispute falls within this
        arbitration clause shall also be settled by arbitration in accordance
        with the rules of the American Arbitration Association.

6.8     CHOICE OF LAW: This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
        accordance with the laws of the State of California, as applied to
        agreements executed and performed entirely in California by California
        residents.

6.9     ENTIRE AGREEMENT: This Agreement constitutes the entire, final and
        complete and exclusive agreement between the parties and supersedes all
        previous agreements or representations, written or oral, with respect to
        employment.

6.10    CHANGE, MODIFICATION, WAIVER: No change or modification of this
        Agreement shall be valid unless it is in writing and signed by each of
        the parties hereto. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall
        be valid unless it is in writing and signed by the party against whom
        the waiver is sought to be enforced. The failure of a party of insist
        upon strict performance of any provision of this Agreement in any one or
        more instances shall not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment of
        the right to insist upon strict compliance with such provision in the
        future.

6.11    NOTICES: All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing
        and shall be delivered in person or sent by certified or registered
        mail, return


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        receipt requested, postage prepaid to each party at the address first
        written above or at such other address as provided in writing.

6.12    BINDING EFFECT: This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the
        benefit of, the parties, their heirs, successors and assigns.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date
first written above.


Genetronics, Inc.,




/s/ Tazdin Esmail
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Employee



/s/ James L. Heppell
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