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| **CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OFTHE**
**SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**
I, Robert Schneiderman, certify that:
   
  

1.

I have reviewed this Form 10-K/A of Verbena Pharmaceuticals,Inc.
   
  

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untruestatement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to makethe statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statementswere made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by thisreport;
   
  

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and otherfinancial information included in this report, fairly present in all materialrespects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of theregistrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
   
  

4.

I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in ExchangeAct Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
   
  

a.

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused suchdisclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, toensure that material information relating to the registrant, including itsconsolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities,particularly during the period in which this report is beingprepared;
   
  

b.

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, orcaused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under mysupervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability offinancial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for externalpurposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
   
  

c.

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosurecontrols and procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of theperiod covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
   
  

d.

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting that occurred during theregistrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourthfiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, oris reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internalcontrol over financial reporting; and
   
  

5.

I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internalcontrol over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and theaudit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or personsperforming the equivalent functions):
   
  

a.

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in thedesign or operation of internal control over financial reporting which arereasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,process, summarize and report financial information; and
   
  

b.

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management orother employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internalcontrol over financial reporting.
 
Date: June 26, 2009

 

/s/  *Robert Schneiderman*

Robert Schneiderman

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