Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

FRAZIER ALAN D

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS INC [RIGL]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O FRAZIER & COMPANY, INC., 601 UNION ST., SUITE 3200

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/19/2004

(Street)

SEATTLE, WA 98101

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	02/19/2004		S		78,436 ⁽¹⁾	D	$ 18.80	1,706,726 ⁽¹⁾	I	See Footnote ⁽²⁾

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
FRAZIER ALAN D C/O FRAZIER & COMPANY, INC. 601 UNION ST., SUITE 3200 SEATTLE, WA 98101	X	X

Signatures

/s/ Alan D. Frazier		02/23/2004
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	This number assumes that 10,221 shares currently held by Frazier Healthcare IV, L.P. and 52 shares currently held by Frazier Affiliates IV, L.P., which may be sold by Frazier Healthcare IV, L.P. and Frazier Affiliates IV, L.P. to the Underwriters at the option of the Underwriters has been sold as of February 19, 2004. The Underwriting Agreement, dated February 19, 2004, by and between the Issuer, the Selling Stockholders (as defined therein) and Underwriters (as defined therein), has previously been filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Form 8-K of the Issuer filed February 20, 2004.
(2)	Includes 1,217,467 shares held by Frazier Healthcare IV, L.P., 6,180 shares held by Frazier Affiliates IV, L.P., 481,397 shares held by Frazier Healthcare II, L.P. and 1,682 shares held by Frazier & Company, Inc. Alan D. Frazier, a director of Rigel since October 1997, is one of five managing members of FHM IV, LLC, the general partner of FHM IV, L.P., which is the general partner of both Frazier Healthcare IV, L.P. and Frazier Affiliates IV, L.P. Mr. Frazier is the president and controlling shareholder of Frazier & Company, Inc. Frazier & Company, Inc. is the managing member of Frazier Management LLC, which is the managing member of the general partner of Frazier Healthcare II, L.P. Mr. Frazier disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares, except to the extent of his proportionate pecuniary interest therein. This filing does not constitute admission that the reporting person is a beneficial owner of the shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purposes.

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