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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001567619-21-004512
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210217
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210219
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210219

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ho Maykin
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001646395

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-26727
		FILM NUMBER:		21656474

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
		STREET 2:		88 SIDNEY STREET
		CITY:			CAMBRIDGE
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02139

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001048477
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				680397820
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		105 DIGITAL DRIVE
		CITY:			NOVATO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94949
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4155066700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		105 DIGITAL DRIVE
		CITY:			NOVATO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94949
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">&#160;POWER OF ATTORNEY</div>
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    <div style="font-size: 12pt;">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of G. Eric Davis, Laura Randall Woodhead, and Eric Fleekop, signing
      singly, the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</div>
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    <div style="font-size: 12pt;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#8217;s capacity as an officer and/or director of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (the
      &#8220;Company&#8221;), Forms&#160;3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section&#160;16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;</div>
    <div style="font-size: 12pt;">&#160;</div>
    <div style="font-size: 12pt;">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form&#160;3,
      4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</div>
    <div style="font-size: 12pt;">&#160;</div>
    <div style="font-size: 12pt;">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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&#8217;s discretion.</div>
    <div style="font-size: 12pt;">&#160;</div>
    <div style="font-size: 12pt;">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&#8217;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.&#160; The undersigned
      acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned&#8217;s responsibilities to comply with Section&#160;16 of the Securities
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    <div style="font-size: 12pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</div>
    <div style="font-size: 12pt;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms&#160;3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
      undersigned&#8217;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.</div>
    <div style="font-size: 12pt;">&#160;</div>
    <div style="font-size: 12pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this <u>18th</u> day of&#160;<u>February</u>, 2021.</div>
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    <div style="font-size: 12pt;"><u>/s/ Maykin Ho</u></div>
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