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  0001304773
  XXXXXXXX
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  PALATIN TECHNOLOGIES INC
  001-15543
  4B CEDAR BROOK DRIVE
  CRANBURY
  NJ
  08512
  609-495-2200
  DUNTON ALAN W
  Director
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  245 Summer Street
  Boston
  MA
  02110
  200
  410.00
  13737137
  12/01/2023
  AMEX
  Common
  11/16/2018
  Stock award
  Issuer
  N
  200
  11/16/2018
  Compensation
  Y
  12/01/2023
  /s/ Christian Nasser as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Alan Dunton