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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 24, 2005
(Date
        of
        Earliest Event Reported)
COLUMBIA
        LABORATORIES, INC.
(Exact
        name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission
        File No. 1-10352
Delaware
59-2758596
(State
                  of Incorporation)
(I.R.S.
                  Employer
Identification
                  No.)
354
                  Eisenhower Parkway
Livingston,
                  New Jersey
07039
(Address
                  of principal
executive
                  offices)
Zip
                  Code
Registrant's
        telephone number, including area code: (973) 994-3999
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):
o
Written communications
        pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule
        14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant
        to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant
        to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
        5.02(d)
Departure
        of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
        Principal Officers.
On
        October 25, 2005, Columbia Laboratories, Inc. ("Columbia") issued a press
        release stating that as of October 24, 2005, its Board of Directors elected
        Valerie L. Andrews, Associate General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
        of
        Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, and James S. Crofton, Senior Vice President
        and Chief Financial Officer of Sarnoff Corporation, as directors of Columbia.
        A
        copy of Columbia's press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is
        incorporated by reference.
Item
        9.01
Financial
        Statements and Exhibits.
(a)
Not
        applicable
(b)
Not
        applicable
(c)
Exhibits.
Exhibit
                  No.
Description
99.1
Press
                  Release dated October 25, 2005, entitled: "Valerie Andrews and James
                  Crofton Elected to Columbia Laboratories Board of Directors."
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.
Date:
        October 25, 2005
COLUMBIA
                LABORATORIES, INC.
By:
/s/ David
                L. Weinberg
David
                L. Weinberg
Vice
                President and Chief Financial Officer
Exhibit
        Index
Exhibit
                  No.
Description
99.1
Press
                  Release dated October 25, 2005, entitled: "Valerie Andrews and James
                  Crofton Elected to Columbia Laboratories Board of Directors."