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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report:&nbsp;&nbsp;October 25, 2012</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(<I>Date of earliest event reported</I>)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>NOVELOS THERAPEUTICS, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(<I>Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter</I>)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">333-119366</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">04-3321804</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><I>(State or other jurisdiction</I></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><I>of incorporation)</I></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic">&nbsp;</TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><I>(Commission</I></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><I>File Number)</I></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic">&nbsp;</TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><I>(IRS Employer</I></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><I>Identification Number)</I></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>One Gateway Center, Suite 504</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Newton, MA&nbsp;&nbsp;02458</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(<I>Address of principal executive offices</I>)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(617) 244-1616</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(<I>Registrant's telephone number, including
area code</I>)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Written&nbsp;&nbsp;communications&nbsp;&nbsp;pursuant to Rule 425 under the&nbsp;&nbsp;Securities&nbsp;&nbsp;Act (17 CFR 230.425)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 48px; font: 10pt Wingdings">o</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Soliciting&nbsp;&nbsp;material&nbsp;&nbsp;pursuant to Rule&nbsp;&nbsp;14a-12&nbsp;&nbsp;under the&nbsp;&nbsp;Exchange&nbsp;&nbsp;Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 96px; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">ITEM 5.07&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On October 25, 2012, we held a special meeting in lieu of annual
meeting of stockholders (the &ldquo;Meeting&rdquo;). A total of 43,460,497 shares of our common stock outstanding as of September
14, 2012, the record date for the Meeting, were eligible to receive notice of and vote at the Meeting.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">At the Meeting, our stockholders voted to reelect our incumbent
Class I directors, Thomas Rockwell Mackie, James S. Manuso and John E. Niederhuber, for a three-year term. The results of this
vote were as follows:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: left; font-weight: bold">Nominee</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">For</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">Withheld</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">Broker<BR> Non-Votes</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: left; font-weight: normal">Thomas Rockwell Mackie</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: normal">22,292,992</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: normal">2,535,155</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: normal">0</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: left; font-weight: normal">James S. Manuso</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: normal">22,292,062</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: normal">2,536,085</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: normal">0</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: left; font-weight: normal">John E. Niederhuber</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: normal">22,306,858</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: normal">2,521,289</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: normal">0</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Our stockholders also approved at the Meeting an amendment to
our 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, previously approved by the Board of Directors, which increased the number of shares of our common
stock authorized for issuance thereunder to 10,000,000 from 7,000,000. The results of this vote were as follows:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">For</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">Against</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">Abstain</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">Broker<BR> Non-Votes</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: normal">21,104,322</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: normal">3,556,399</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: normal">167,426</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: normal">0</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 96px; font-weight: bold">ITEM 9.01&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(d) Exhibits</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in">10.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 37.05pt">Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;Dated: October 26, 2012</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">NOVELOS THERAPEUTICS, INC.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 4%">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid">/s/ Harry S. Palmin &nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 14%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Harry S. Palmin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<FONT STYLE="color: black"><B>Exhibit Index</B></FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center">10.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 0">Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended</TD></TR>
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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:  October 25, 2012
(
Date of earliest event reported
)
NOVELOS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(
Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter
)
Delaware
333-119366
04-3321804
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
One Gateway Center, Suite 504
Newton, MA  02458
(
Address of principal executive offices
)
(617) 244-1616
(
Registrant's telephone number, including
area code
)
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ITEM 5.07
SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
On October 25, 2012, we held a special meeting in lieu of annual
meeting of stockholders (the "Meeting"). A total of 43,460,497 shares of our common stock outstanding as of September
14, 2012, the record date for the Meeting, were eligible to receive notice of and vote at the Meeting.
At the Meeting, our stockholders voted to reelect our incumbent
Class I directors, Thomas Rockwell Mackie, James S. Manuso and John E. Niederhuber, for a three-year term. The results of this
vote were as follows:
Nominee
For
Withheld
Broker
Non-Votes
Thomas Rockwell Mackie
22,292,992
2,535,155
0
James S. Manuso
22,292,062
2,536,085
0
John E. Niederhuber
22,306,858
2,521,289
0
Our stockholders also approved at the Meeting an amendment to
our 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, previously approved by the Board of Directors, which increased the number of shares of our common
stock authorized for issuance thereunder to 10,000,000 from 7,000,000. The results of this vote were as follows:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker
Non-Votes
21,104,322
3,556,399
167,426
0
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ITEM 9.01
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d) Exhibits
Number
Title
10.1
Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
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SIGNATURE
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.
Dated: October 26, 2012
NOVELOS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By:
/s/ Harry S. Palmin
Harry S. Palmin
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit Index
Number
Title
10.1
Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
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5
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