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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 2, 2008

Alfacell Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

0-11088
(Commission File Number)

  Delaware    
22-2369085
  (State or other jurisdiction of  
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  incorporation)    

300 Atrium Drive, Somerset, NJ 08873
(Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)

(732) 652-4525
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

     On April 2, 2008, Alfacell Corporation issued a press release announcing that it has confirmed that 316 evaluable events (patient deaths) have occurred in the confirmatory Phase IIIb clinical trial of its lead compound, ONCONASE (ranpirnase), for the treatment of patients with unresectable malignant mesothelioma (UMM). A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.
Description
   
99.1 Press Release of Alfacell Corporation dated April 2, 2008.

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    ALFACELL CORPORATION
     
     
Date: April 8, 2008   By:      /s/ Lawrence A. Kenyon
      Lawrence A. Kenyon
      Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
      Officer, Chief Operating Officer and
      Corporate Secretary

 

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