Form: SB-2/A

Optional form for registration of securities to be sold to the public by small business issuers

June 1, 2007


617.832.1113
pbork@foleyhoag.com
 
Via Edgar
 
 

Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
 
 
 
Re:
Novelos Therapeutics, Inc.
   
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (Registration No. 333-143263)
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
This letter constitutes supplemental correspondence on behalf of Novelos Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), related to and filed together with the Company’s Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Registration Statement on Form SB-2, Registration No. 333-143263, which was filed with the SEC on May 25, 2007.
 
The primary purpose of the Amendment is to include on the cover page of the registration statement the “delaying amendment” paragraph. The date of the prospectus has been changed and recent stock prices have been updated.
 
Should a member of the Staff have any questions concerning this filing, it is requested that he or she contact the undersigned, Paul Bork, at (617) 832-1113, or in my absence, Amanda Kirouac at (617) 832-3091.
 
 
Sincerely,
   
   
 
/s/ Paul Bork                     
 
  Paul Bork
PB
Enclosures

cc:
Mr. Harry Palmin
Ms. Amanda Kirouac