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Exhibit 21.1

CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

        The following is a list of subsidiaries of the Company as of December 31, 2009:

Subsidiary
 
Jurisdiction of Incorporation

Cubist Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. 

 

Delaware

Cubist Pharmaceuticals U.S. 

 

Massachusetts

Cubist Pharmaceuticals (UK) Ltd. 

 

England and Wales

Cubist Pharmaceuticals GmbH

 

Switzerland

Illumigen BioSciences, Inc. 

 

Delaware

Calixa Therapeutics Inc. 

 

Delaware

Calixa U.K. Ltd. 

 

England




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