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FORM 3UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
DOWNEY BRUCE

(Last)(First)(Middle)
675 WEST KENDALL ST

(Street)
CAMBRIDGEMA02142

(City)(State)(Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/11/2009
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MOMENTA PHARMACEUTICALS INC [MNTA]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
XDirector10% Owner
Officer (give title below)Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
XForm filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
No securities are beneficially owned

 
Remarks:
Mr.�Downey�was�elected�as�a�director�of�the�issuer�effective�June�11,�2009.
/s/ Bruce Downey06/11/2009
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby makes, 
constitutes and appoints each of Richard P. Shea and Michael 
Flanagan, signing singly and each acting individually, as the 
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power and 
authority as hereinafter described to:
(1)execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the 
undersigned's capacity as a director of Momenta Pharmaceuticals, 
Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments 
thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder (the "Exchange 
Act");
(2)do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the 
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to prepare, 
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, prepare, complete 
and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely 
deliver and file such form with the United States Securities and 
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
(3)seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on 
the undersigned's behalf, information regarding 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 such attorney-in-fact and approves and ratifies any 
such release of information; and
(4)take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection 
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, 
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required 
by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents 
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned 
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall 
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may 
approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full 
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing 
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the 
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully 
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do 
if personally present, with full power of substitution or 
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such 
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or 
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of 
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, 
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are 
not assuming nor relieving, nor is the Company assuming nor 
relieving, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply 
with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.  The undersigned acknowledges 
that neither the Company nor the foregoing attorneys-in-fact 
assume (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to 
comply with the requirement 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.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until 
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in 
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the 
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing 
attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of 
Attorney to be executed as of this __ day of June 2009.
/s/  
Signature

Bruce L. Downey
Print Name



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