POWER OF ATTORNEY



 KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes

and appoints Chris Sullivan and Jennifer Zoltoski of Cerecor Inc. (the

"Company") with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful

attorney-in-fact to:



 (1)  prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and in the

undersigned's capacity as an officer, director and/or trustee of the Company

and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), Forms

3, 4, and 5, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary

or appropriate to obtain 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 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;



 (2)  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



 (3)  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 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, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the

undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934.



 This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until

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. This Power of Attorney revokes

all prior Powers of Attorney given by the undersigned with respect to the

matters addressed in (1) through (3) above.



 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney

to be executed as of the 17th day of March, 2021.







     By:  /s/ H. Jeffrey Wilkins

     Name: H. Jeffrey Wilkins