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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2007</font></p>

<p align="right" style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration No. 333-</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:3.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C.&#160; 20549</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM S-8</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNDER</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CEPHALON, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of issuer as
specified in its charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Delaware</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">23-2484489</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other
  jurisdiction of <br>
  incorporation of organization)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">41
  Moores Road</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Frazer,
  Pennsylvania 19355</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of principal
  executive offices)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CEPHALON, INC. 2004 EQUITY
COMPENSATION PLAN</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full title of the plan)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">John E. Osborn, Esq.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Executive Vice President, General
Counsel &amp; Secretary</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Cephalon, Inc.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">41 Moores Road</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Frazer, PA 19355</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name and address of
agent for service)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(610) 344-0200</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Copy to:</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pran Jha, Esq.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sidley Austin LLP</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">One South Dearborn</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chicago, IL 60603</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(312) 853-7000</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title of class of securities <br>
  to be registered</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount to be registered <br>
  (1)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="19%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:19.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed maximum offering <br>
  price per share (2)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="19%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:19.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed maximum <br>
  Aggregate offering price (2)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount of registration<br>
  fee</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common stock, <br>
  $0.01 par value (3)</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.4%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,000,000 shares</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:19.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$76.30</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:19.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$76,300,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$2,342.41</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:93.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of
  1933, this Registration Statement also covers such additional shares as may
  hereinafter be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock
  splits, stock dividends and similar anti-dilution provisions.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:93.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Estimated pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule
  457 solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, based upon the
  average of the high and low sales price for a share of Common Stock on
  November 12, 2007, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:93.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each share of the registrant&#146;s common stock includes
  one preferred share purchase right pursuant to the Second Amended and
  Restated Rights Agreement dated October 27, 2003, as amended to date, between
  Cephalon, Inc. and American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, as Rights
  Agent.</font></p>
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THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></h1>

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<p style="margin:0in .5in .0001pt 0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This registration statement on Form S-8 relates to the
registration of an additional 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value,
of the Registrant.&#160; The shares are
securities of the same class and relating to the same employee benefit plan,
the Cephalon, Inc. 2004 Equity Compensation Plan (previously known as the
Cephalon, Inc. 1995 Equity Compensation Plan), as those shares registered in
the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Forms S-8, previously filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 1996, December 23, 1998,
October 29, 1999, May 28, 2002, June 13, 2003, August 27, 2004 and May 25,
2006.&#160; The earlier registration
statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-02888, 333-69591, 333-89909,
333-89230, 333-106112, 333-118611 and 333-134463) are hereby incorporated by
reference.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in -378.7pt .0001pt 0in;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in -330.7pt .0001pt 0in;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibits.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Exhibits accompanying
this Registration Statement are listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Frazer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on this 14th day of November 2007.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CEPHALON, INC.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Frank Baldino, Jr.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Frank Baldino, Jr., Ph.D.</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Chairman and Chief Executive
  Officer</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POWER OF
ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:6.0pt 0in 12.0pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">KNOW ALL BY THESE
PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Frank Baldino, Jr. and John E. Osborn, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, including any filings under Rule&nbsp;462 promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 14th
day of November 2007.</font></p>

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  /s/ Frank Baldino, Jr.</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;"><br>
  Chairman, President and Chief Executive <br>
  Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;"><br>
  November 14, 2007</font></b></p>
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  /s/ J. Kevin Buchi</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;"><br>
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial <br>
  Officer (Principal Financial Officer and <br>
  Principal Accounting Officer)</font></b></p>
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  November 14, 2007</font></b></p>
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  /s/ William P. Egan</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;"><br>
  Director</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  November 14, 2007</font></b></p>
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  /s/ Martyn D. Greenacre</font></b></p>
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  Director</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  November 14, 2007</font></b></p>
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  D. Greenacre</font></b></p>
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  /s/ Vaughn M. Kailian</font></b></p>
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  Director</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  November 14, 2007</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vaughn
  M. Kailian</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;"><br>
  /s/ Kevin E. Moley</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" rowspan="2" valign="bottom" style="height:16.45pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" rowspan="2" valign="top" style="height:16.45pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.94%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;"><br>
  Director</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" rowspan="2" valign="bottom" style="height:16.45pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" rowspan="2" valign="top" style="height:16.45pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:23.24%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;"><br>
  November 14, 2007</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="27%" height="22" valign="top" style="border:none;height:16.4pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:27.06%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Kevin
  E. Moley</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="22" style="height:16.45pt;">
  <td width="27%" height="22" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;height:16.45pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:27.06%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;"><br>
  /s/ Charles A. Sanders</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" rowspan="2" valign="bottom" style="height:16.45pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" rowspan="2" valign="top" style="height:16.45pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.94%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;"><br>
  Director</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" rowspan="2" valign="bottom" style="height:16.45pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" rowspan="2" valign="top" style="height:16.45pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:23.24%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;"><br>
  November 14, 2007</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="22" style="height:16.4pt;">
  <td width="27%" height="22" valign="top" style="border:none;height:16.4pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:27.06%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Charles
  A. Sanders, M.D.</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="22" style="height:16.45pt;">
  <td width="27%" height="22" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;height:16.45pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:27.06%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;"><br>
  /s/ Gail R. Wilensky</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" rowspan="2" valign="bottom" style="height:16.45pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" rowspan="2" valign="top" style="height:16.45pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.94%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;"><br>
  Director</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" rowspan="2" valign="bottom" style="height:16.45pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" rowspan="2" valign="top" style="height:16.45pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:23.24%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;"><br>
  November 14, 2007</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="22" style="height:16.4pt;">
  <td width="27%" height="22" valign="top" style="border:none;height:16.4pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:27.06%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gail
  R. Wilensky, Ph.D.</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="22" style="height:16.45pt;">
  <td width="27%" height="22" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;height:16.45pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:27.06%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;"><br>
  /s/ Dennis L. Winger</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" rowspan="2" valign="bottom" style="height:16.45pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" rowspan="2" valign="top" style="height:16.45pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.94%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;"><br>
  Director</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" rowspan="2" valign="bottom" style="height:16.45pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" rowspan="2" valign="top" style="height:16.45pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:23.24%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;"><br>
  November 14, 2007</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="27%" height="22" valign="top" style="border:none;height:16.4pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:27.06%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dennis
  L. Winger</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><a name="TableHead"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit
  Number</font></b></a></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>
  Exhibit</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:80.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1(a)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Restated
  Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Cephalon&#146;s
  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996 and
  incorporated herein by reference).<br><br></font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1(b)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate of
  Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation as filed with the
  Secretary of State of Delaware on May 16, 2002 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to
  Cephalon&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002
  and incorporated herein by reference).<br><br></font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1(c)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate of
  Amendment to the Restated Certification of Incorporation as filed with the
  Secretary of State of Delaware on May 17, 2007 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to
  Cephalon&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 17, 2007 and incorporated
  herein by reference).<br><br></font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bylaws, as
  amended and restated (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Cephalon&#146;s Current Report on
  Form 8-K filed October 21, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).<br><br></font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Specimen copy of
  stock certificate for shares of Common Stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to
  Cephalon&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
  1993 and incorporated herein by reference).<br><br></font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.4(a)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Second Amended
  and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of October 27, 2003 between Cephalon,
  Inc. and StockTrans, Inc. as Rights Agent (filed as Exhibit 1 to Cephalon&#146;s
  Form 8-A12G/A filed on October 27, 2003 and incorporated herein by
  reference).<br><br></font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.4(b)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Agreement of
  Appointment and Joinder and Amendment No. 1 to the Second Amended and
  Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of February 9, 2007 between Cephalon,
  Inc. and American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company as Rights Agent (filed
  as Exhibit 10.1 to Cephalon&#146;s Form 8-K filed on February 13, 2007 and
  incorporated herein by reference).<br><br></font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.5(a)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cephalon, Inc.
  2004 Equity Compensation Plan, as amended and restated (filed as Exhibit 99.1
  to Cephalon&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.
  333-106112) filed on June 13, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference).<br><br></font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.5(b)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendment 2004 &#151;
  1 to the Cephalon, Inc. 2004 Equity Compensation Plan, effective as of May
  13, 2004 (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to Cephalon&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
  S-8 (Registration No. 333-118611) filed on August 27, 2004 and incorporated
  herein by reference).<br><br></font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.5(c)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendment 2006 &#151;
  1 to the Cephalon, Inc. 2004 Equity Compensation Plan, effective as of May
  17, 2006 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Cephalon&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K
  filed on May 17, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference).<br><br></font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.5(d)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendment 2007 &#151;
  1 to the Cephalon, Inc. 2004 Equity Compensation Plan, effective as of
  February 8, 2007 (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Cephalon&#146;s Quarterly Report on
  Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 and incorporated herein by
  reference).<br><br></font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.5(e)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendment 2007 &#151;
  2 to the Cephalon, Inc. 2004 Equity Compensation Plan, effective as of May
  17, 2007 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Cephalon&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K
  filed on May 17, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).<br><br></font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of
  Sidley Austin LLP.<br><br></font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  Sidley Austin LLP (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).<br><br></font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Philadelphia, PA.<br><br></font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney
  (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).</font></p>
  </td>
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herewith.</font></p>

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As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2007
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CEPHALON, INC.
(Exact name of issuer as
specified in its charter)
Delaware
23-2484489
(State or other
  jurisdiction of
incorporation of organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
41
  Moores Road
Frazer,
  Pennsylvania 19355
(Address of principal
  executive offices)
CEPHALON, INC. 2004 EQUITY
COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
John E. Osborn, Esq.
Executive Vice President, General
Counsel & Secretary
Cephalon, Inc.
41 Moores Road
Frazer, PA 19355
(Name and address of
agent for service)
(610) 344-0200
(Telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Pran Jha, Esq.
Sidley Austin LLP
One South Dearborn
Chicago, IL 60603
(312) 853-7000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of class of securities
to be registered
Amount to be registered
(1)
Proposed maximum offering
price per share (2)
Proposed maximum
Aggregate offering price (2)
Amount of registration
fee
Common stock,
$0.01 par value (3)
1,000,000 shares
$76.30
$76,300,000
$2,342.41
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of
  1933, this Registration Statement also covers such additional shares as may
  hereinafter be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock
  splits, stock dividends and similar anti-dilution provisions.
(2)
Estimated pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule
  457 solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, based upon the
  average of the high and low sales price for a share of Common Stock on
  November 12, 2007, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market.
(3)
Each share of the registrant's common stock includes
  one preferred share purchase right pursuant to the Second Amended and
  Restated Rights Agreement dated October 27, 2003, as amended to date, between
  Cephalon, Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights
  Agent.
PART
II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This registration statement on Form S-8 relates to the
registration of an additional 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value,
of the Registrant.  The shares are
securities of the same class and relating to the same employee benefit plan,
the Cephalon, Inc. 2004 Equity Compensation Plan (previously known as the
Cephalon, Inc. 1995 Equity Compensation Plan), as those shares registered in
the Registrant's registration statement on Forms S-8, previously filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 1996, December 23, 1998,
October 29, 1999, May 28, 2002, June 13, 2003, August 27, 2004 and May 25,
2006.  The earlier registration
statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-02888, 333-69591, 333-89909,
333-89230, 333-106112, 333-118611 and 333-134463) are hereby incorporated by
reference.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The Exhibits accompanying
this Registration Statement are listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index.
1
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Frazer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on this 14th day of November 2007.
CEPHALON, INC.
By:
/s/ Frank Baldino, Jr.
Frank Baldino, Jr., Ph.D.
Chairman and Chief Executive
  Officer
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE
PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Frank Baldino, Jr. and John E. Osborn, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, including any filings under Rule 462 promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 14th
day of November 2007.
/s/ Frank Baldino, Jr.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
November 14, 2007
Frank
  Baldino, Jr., Ph.D.
/s/ J. Kevin Buchi
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
November 14, 2007
J.
  Kevin Buchi
/s/ William P. Egan
Director
November 14, 2007
William
  P. Egan
/s/ Martyn D. Greenacre
Director
November 14, 2007
Martyn
  D. Greenacre
/s/ Vaughn M. Kailian
Director
November 14, 2007
Vaughn
  M. Kailian
/s/ Kevin E. Moley
Director
November 14, 2007
Kevin
  E. Moley
/s/ Charles A. Sanders
Director
November 14, 2007
Charles
  A. Sanders, M.D.
/s/ Gail R. Wilensky
Director
November 14, 2007
Gail
  R. Wilensky, Ph.D.
/s/ Dennis L. Winger
Director
November 14, 2007
Dennis
  L. Winger
2
Exhibit Index
Exhibit
  Number
Exhibit
4.1(a)
Restated
  Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Cephalon's
  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996 and
  incorporated herein by reference).
4.1(b)
Certificate of
  Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation as filed with the
  Secretary of State of Delaware on May 16, 2002 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to
  Cephalon's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002
  and incorporated herein by reference).
4.1(c)
Certificate of
  Amendment to the Restated Certification of Incorporation as filed with the
  Secretary of State of Delaware on May 17, 2007 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to
  Cephalon's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 17, 2007 and incorporated
  herein by reference).
4.2
Bylaws, as
  amended and restated (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Cephalon's Current Report on
  Form 8-K filed October 21, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3
Specimen copy of
  stock certificate for shares of Common Stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to
  Cephalon's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
  1993 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.4(a)
Second Amended
  and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of October 27, 2003 between Cephalon,
  Inc. and StockTrans, Inc. as Rights Agent (filed as Exhibit 1 to Cephalon's
  Form 8-A12G/A filed on October 27, 2003 and incorporated herein by
  reference).
4.4(b)
Agreement of
  Appointment and Joinder and Amendment No. 1 to the Second Amended and
  Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of February 9, 2007 between Cephalon,
  Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company as Rights Agent (filed
  as Exhibit 10.1 to Cephalon's Form 8-K filed on February 13, 2007 and
  incorporated herein by reference).
4.5(a)
Cephalon, Inc.
  2004 Equity Compensation Plan, as amended and restated (filed as Exhibit 99.1
  to Cephalon's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.
  333-106112) filed on June 13, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5(b)
Amendment 2004 —
  1 to the Cephalon, Inc. 2004 Equity Compensation Plan, effective as of May
  13, 2004 (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to Cephalon's Registration Statement on Form
  S-8 (Registration No. 333-118611) filed on August 27, 2004 and incorporated
  herein by reference).
4.5(c)
Amendment 2006 —
  1 to the Cephalon, Inc. 2004 Equity Compensation Plan, effective as of May
  17, 2006 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Cephalon's Current Report on Form 8-K
  filed on May 17, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5(d)
Amendment 2007 —
  1 to the Cephalon, Inc. 2004 Equity Compensation Plan, effective as of
  February 8, 2007 (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Cephalon's Quarterly Report on
  Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 and incorporated herein by
  reference).
4.5(e)
Amendment 2007 —
  2 to the Cephalon, Inc. 2004 Equity Compensation Plan, effective as of May
  17, 2007 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Cephalon's Current Report on Form 8-K
  filed on May 17, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).
5.1*
Opinion of
  Sidley Austin LLP.
23.1*
Consent of
  Sidley Austin LLP (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
23.2*
Consent of
  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Philadelphia, PA.
24.1*
Power of Attorney
  (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).
*    Filed
herewith.
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