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 <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:20.0pt;"><a name="scotch"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2006</font></a></p> <div style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 6.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"> <p align="right" style="border:none;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:right;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p> </div>

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

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:20.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Washington.
D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">FORM S-8</font></b></p>

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

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

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

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">SONUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --><b>Delaware</b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">95-4343413</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other
  jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</font></p>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .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 style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:20.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">22026 20</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;Avenue
S.E., Bothell, Washington&#160; 98021</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(Address of Principal Executive
Offices)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; (Zip Code)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2006
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(Full title of the plan)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:20.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Alan Fuhrman, Senior Vice
President &amp; Chief Financial Officer</font></b></p>

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

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">22026 20</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;Avenue S.E.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Bothell, Washington&#160; 98021</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(Name and address of agent for
service)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(425) 487-9500</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(Telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Copy to:</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:20.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">K.C. Schaaf, Esq.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:20.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Christopher D. Ivey, Esq.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:20.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Stradling Yocca Carlson &amp;
Rauth, a Professional Corporation</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:20.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">660 Newport Center Drive, Suite
1600</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Newport Beach, California 92660</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(949) 725-4000</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;To&nbsp;Be<br>
  Registered(1)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed&nbsp;Maximum<br>
  Offering<br>
  Price&nbsp;Per&nbsp;Share</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed&nbsp;Maximum<br>
  Aggregate&nbsp;Offering<br>
  Price</font></b></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.18%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  Registration&nbsp;Fee</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common
  Stock, $0.001 par value</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.94%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100,000
  shares</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.995</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">499,500</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">53.45</font></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.94%;">
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<p style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 13.7pt;text-indent:-13.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Includes additional shares of Common Stock
that may become issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution adjustment provisions of
the 2006 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 13.5pt;text-indent:-13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">With respect to the
100,000 shares of Common Stock registered hereby which could be issued upon
exercise of the rights to purchase which the Registrant is authorized to issue
under the Plan, the aggregate offering price is estimated solely for purposes
of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with Rule 457(h) on the
basis of the price of securities of the same class, as determined in accordance
with Rule 457(c), using the average of the high and low price reported by the
Nasdaq Global Market for the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on August 4, 2006, which
was $4.995 per share.</font></p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">PART II</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Item 3.&#160; Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></u></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The
following documents are incorporated herein by reference:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 2006.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2005.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange
Act&#148;), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report on Form
10-K referred to in (b) above.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock that is
contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed under
Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating that description.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">All
documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents, except as to any portion of any future annual
or quarterly report to stockholders or document that is not deemed filed under
such provisions.&#160; For purposes of this
registration statement, any statement in a document incorporated by reference
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement is
contained in this registration statement modifies or supersedes a statement in
such document.&#160; Any statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 4.&#160;
Description of Securities.</font></u></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not Applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 5.&#160;
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></u></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not Applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 6.&#160;
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></u></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; As
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant&#146;s Certificate
of Incorporation eliminates the liability of directors to the Registrant or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except to the extent otherwise required by the Delaware General Corporation
Law.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The
Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Registrant will indemnify each
person who was or is made a party to any proceeding by reason of the fact that
such person is or was a director or officer of the Registrant against all
expense, liability and loss reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in
connection therewith to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General
Corporation Law.&#160; The Registrant&#146;s Bylaws
provide for a similar indemnity to directors and officers of the Registrant to
the fullest extent authorized by Delaware General Corporation Law.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The
Certificate of Incorporation also gives the Registrant the ability to enter
into indemnification agreements with each of its officers and directors.&#160; The Registrant has entered into
indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive
officers.&#160; The indemnification agreements
provide for the indemnification of directors and officers against any and all
expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement, to the
fullest extent permitted by law.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 7.&#160;
Exemptions from Registration Claimed.</font></u></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Item 8.&#160; Exhibits.</font></u></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The
following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:</font></p>

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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="587" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:440.1pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Description</font></b></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="10" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.8pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="587" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:440.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.8pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="587" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:440.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2006 Employee Stock
  Purchase Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the
  Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on March 24,
  2006).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.8pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="587" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:440.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.8pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="587" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:440.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson &amp; Rauth, a
  Professional Corporation, Counsel to the Registrant.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.8pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="587" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:440.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.8pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="587" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:440.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson &amp; Rauth, a
  Professional Corporation (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.8pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="587" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:440.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.8pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="587" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:440.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.8pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="587" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:440.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.8pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="587" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:440.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney (included on signature page to
  this Registration Statement at page 4).</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Item 9.&#160; Undertakings</font></u></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>


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<h5 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">SIGNATURES</font></b></h5>

<p style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><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 Bothell, State of Washington, on the 8th day of August, 2006.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SONUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Alan Fuhrman</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Alan Fuhrman</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior Vice
  President &amp; Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal
  Financial Officer)</font></p>
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<h4 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></h4>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">We, the undersigned officers and directors of Sonus Pharmaceuticals,
Inc., do hereby constitute and appoint Michael A. Martino and Alan Fuhrman, or
either of them, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or
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 each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

<p style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><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 and on the date
indicated.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President, Chief Executive Officer and</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director (Principal Executive Officer)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior Vice President &amp; Chief Financial</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accounting Officer)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Robert E.
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Dwight
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August 8, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2006 Employee Stock
  Purchase Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the
  Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on March 24,
  2006).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson &amp; Rauth, a
  Professional Corporation, Counsel to the Registrant.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson &amp; Rauth, a
  Professional Corporation (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney (included on signature page to
  this Registration Statement at page 4).</font></p>
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As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2006
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington.
D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SONUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)
Delaware
95-4343413
(State or other
  jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
22026 20
th
Avenue
S.E., Bothell, Washington  98021
(Address of Principal Executive
Offices)     (Zip Code)
2006
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Alan Fuhrman, Senior Vice
President & Chief Financial Officer
Sonus
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
22026 20
th
Avenue S.E.
Bothell, Washington  98021
(Name and address of agent for
service)
(425) 487-9500
(Telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
K.C. Schaaf, Esq.
Christopher D. Ivey, Esq.
Stradling Yocca Carlson &
Rauth, a Professional Corporation
660 Newport Center Drive, Suite
1600
Newport Beach, California 92660
(949) 725-4000
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
To Be Registered
Amount To Be
Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering
Price Per Share
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common
  Stock, $0.001 par value
100,000
  shares
$
4.995
(2)
$
499,500
(2)
$
53.45
(1)
Includes additional shares of Common Stock
that may become issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution adjustment provisions of
the 2006 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan").
(2)
With respect to the
100,000 shares of Common Stock registered hereby which could be issued upon
exercise of the rights to purchase which the Registrant is authorized to issue
under the Plan, the aggregate offering price is estimated solely for purposes
of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with Rule 457(h) on the
basis of the price of securities of the same class, as determined in accordance
with Rule 457(c), using the average of the high and low price reported by the
Nasdaq Global Market for the Registrant's Common Stock on August 4, 2006, which
was $4.995 per share.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The
following documents are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)             The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 2006.
(b)             The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2005.
(c)             All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report on Form
10-K referred to in (b) above.
(d)             The description of the Registrant's Common Stock that is
contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed under
Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating that description.
All
documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents, except as to any portion of any future annual
or quarterly report to stockholders or document that is not deemed filed under
such provisions.  For purposes of this
registration statement, any statement in a document incorporated by reference
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement is
contained in this registration statement modifies or supersedes a statement in
such document.  Any statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 4. 
Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. 
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
Item 6. 
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
(a)           As
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant's Certificate
of Incorporation eliminates the liability of directors to the Registrant or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except to the extent otherwise required by the Delaware General Corporation
Law.
(b)           The
Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Registrant will indemnify each
person who was or is made a party to any proceeding by reason of the fact that
such person is or was a director or officer of the Registrant against all
expense, liability and loss reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in
connection therewith to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General
Corporation Law.  The Registrant's Bylaws
provide for a similar indemnity to directors and officers of the Registrant to
the fullest extent authorized by Delaware General Corporation Law.
(c)           The
Certificate of Incorporation also gives the Registrant the ability to enter
into indemnification agreements with each of its officers and directors.  The Registrant has entered into
indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive
officers.  The indemnification agreements
provide for the indemnification of directors and officers against any and all
expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement, to the
fullest extent permitted by law.
2
Item 7. 
Exemptions from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.  Exhibits.
The
following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
Number
Description
4.1
Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2006 Employee Stock
  Purchase Plan (the "Plan") (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the
  Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on March 24,
  2006).
5.1
Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a
  Professional Corporation, Counsel to the Registrant.
23.1
Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a
  Professional Corporation (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page to
  this Registration Statement at page 4).
Item 9.  Undertakings
Not applicable.
3
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 Bothell, State of Washington, on the 8th day of August, 2006.
SONUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:
/s/ Alan Fuhrman
Alan Fuhrman
Senior Vice
  President & Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
  Financial Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Sonus Pharmaceuticals,
Inc., do hereby constitute and appoint Michael A. Martino and Alan Fuhrman, or
either of them, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or
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 each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or
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 and on the date
indicated.
/s/ Michael A. Martino
President, Chief Executive Officer and
August 8, 2006
Michael A.
  Martino
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Alan Fuhrman
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial
August 8, 2006
Alan Fuhrman
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Craig S.
  Eudy
Vice President, Corporate Controller (Principal
August 8, 2006
Craig S. Eudy
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Michelle
  Burris
Director
August 8, 2006
Michelle Burris
/s/ George W.
  Dunbar, Jr.
Director
August 8, 2006
George W.
  Dunbar, Jr.
/s/ Robert E.
  Ivy
Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors
August 8, 2006
Robert E. Ivy
/s/ Dwight
  Winstead
Director
August 8, 2006
Dwight Winstead
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Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2006 Employee Stock
  Purchase Plan (the "Plan") (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the
  Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on March 24,
  2006).
5.1
Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a
  Professional Corporation, Counsel to the Registrant.
23.1
Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a
  Professional Corporation (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page to
  this Registration Statement at page 4).
5