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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-21-000484
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210101
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210104
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210104

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EBSWORTH DAVID R
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001207107

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-38067
		FILM NUMBER:		21503643

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O CURAGEN CORP
		STREET 2:		555 LONG WHARF DR. 11TH FL.
		CITY:			NEW HAVEN
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06511

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Verona Pharma plc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001657312
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			X0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3 MORE LONDON RIVERSIDE
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			SE1 2RE
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011-44-0-2032834200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3 MORE LONDON RIVERSIDE
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			SE1 2RE
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    <periodOfReport>2021-01-01</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerCik>0001657312</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Verona Pharma plc</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>VRNA</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>EBSWORTH DAVID R</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>3 MORE LONDON RIVERSIDE</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>LONDON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>X0</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>SE1 2RE</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>UNITED KINGDOM</rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Ordinary Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>707739</value>
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                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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                    <value>D</value>
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    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Warrants</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>2.3289</value>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2017-05-02</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2022-05-02</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Ordinary Shares</value>
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                    <value>4920</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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        <footnote id="F1">Consists of (i) 58,000 Ordinary Shares underlying Restricted Share Units, each of which represents a contingent right to receive one (1) Ordinary Share of the Issuer (which may be represented by 7,250 American Depositary Shares (&quot;ADSs&quot;)); (ii) 649,736 Ordinary Shares underlying 81,217 American Depositary Shares (&quot;ADSs&quot;); and (iii) 3 Ordinary Shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Reported securities are represented by ADSs (unless otherwise indicated), each of which represents eight (8) Ordinary Shares of the Issuer.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The number of securities underlying the warrant and the exercise price therefor are listed in terms of Ordinary Shares in columns 3 and 4, however, the security may be represented by ADSs, each of which represents eight (8) Ordinary Shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The exercise price of the warrants is GBP 1.7238 per ordinary share. The amount in Column 4 is converted to USD using the exchange rate as
of December 23, 2020 as reported by the H.10 statistical release of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Claire Poll, Attorney-in-fact for David Ebsworth</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-01-04</signatureDate>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: small-caps bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 24</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: small-caps bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: small-caps bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">With respect to holdings of and transactions
in securities issued by Verona Pharma plc (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals
named on Schedule A attached hereto and as may be amended from time to time, or any of them signing singly, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to act as the undersigned&rsquo;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 38.5pt; text-align: justify">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;prepare,
execute in the undersigned&rsquo;s name and on the undersigned&rsquo;s behalf, and submit &#9;to the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<B><I>SEC</I></B>&rdquo;) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents
necessary or appropriate to obtain and/or regenerate codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings
with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any rule or regulation
of the SEC;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 38.5pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 38.5pt; text-align: justify">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;execute
for and on behalf of the undersigned, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules thereunder;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 38.5pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 38.5pt; text-align: justify">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and
any stock exchange or similar authority; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 38.5pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 38.5pt; text-align: justify">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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&rsquo;s
discretion.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 38.5pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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 and resubstitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorneys-in-fact 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.&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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&rsquo;s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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&rsquo;s
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Verona Pharma plc, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 19th day of December, 2020.&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 8%">Signature:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 42%">/s/ David Ebsworth</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Print Name: </TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">David Ebsworth</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Schedule A </U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Individuals Appointed as Attorney-in-Fact
with Full Power of Substitution and Resubstitution&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Claire Poll</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Mark Hahn</P>

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