Published on May 12, 2008
Exhibit
24
LIMITED
POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION
16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
KNOW
ALL BY THESE PRESENTS,
that
the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Adam Logal and Steven
D.
Rubin, each acting individually, as the undersigned’s true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on
behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:
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prepare,
execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including
any
amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of OPKO Health,
Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the
Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16 (a)
of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time (the “Exchange
Act”);
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seek
or obtain, as the undersigned’s representative and on the undersigned’s
behalf, information on transactions in the Company’s securities from any
third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators
and
trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to
release
any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any
such
release of information; and
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perform
any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact
are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in
connection with the foregoing.
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The
undersigned hereby acknowledges that:
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this
Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided
to
such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such
information;
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any
documents prepared and/or executed by either such attorney-in-fact
on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney
will
be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as
such
attorney-in-fact, in his discretion, deems necessary or
desirable;
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neither
the Company nor either of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any liability
for the undersigned’s responsibility to comply with the requirements of
the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure
to
comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability
of the
undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16 (b) of the Exchange
Act; and
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this
Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned’s obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements
under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
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The
undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact
full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing
matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of, for
and
on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of
this Limited Power of Attorney.
This
Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked
by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such
attorney-in-fact.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney to be executed this 9th
day of May, 2008.
/s/
Jane H. Hsiao
Jane
H.
Hsiao
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STATE
OF FLORIDA
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COUNTY
OF MIAMI-DADE
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On
this
9th day of May, 2008, Jane H. Hsiao personally appeared before me, and
acknowledged that he executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein
contained.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.
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My
commission expires:
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/s/
Diana M. Rosado
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Notary
Public
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December
11, 2011
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State
of Florida
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