Form: S-1/A

General form of registration statement for all companies including face-amount certificate companies

August 15, 2011

 
Exhibit 23.3
 
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
We have issued our report dated April 11, 2011, with respect to the financial statements of Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. (Pre-Acquisition) contained in the Registration Statement and Prospectus.  We consent to the use of the aforementioned report in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption "Experts."
 
/s/ Stowe & Degon LLC

Westborough, Massachusetts
August 15, 2011