6-K: Report of foreign issuer [Rules 13a-16 and 15d-16]
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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
_______________________________
Form
6-K
REPORT
OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the
month of January, 2006.
Novogen
Limited
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
140
Wicks
Road, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
(Address
of principal executive office)
___________________________________
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private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction
in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
Novogen
Limited
(Registrant)
/s/
Ron Erratt
Ronald
Lea Erratt
Company
Secretary
Date
January 17, 2006
NASDAQ,
ASX & MEDIA RELEASE
NEW
CEO AND PRESIDENT FOR GLYCOTEX INC.
(Stamford,
Conn., Sydney, Australia) January 17, 2006 - Pharmaceutical company, Novogen
Limited, announced today that its U.S. subsidiary, Glycotex Inc., has appointed
Dr Reinhard Koenig as chief executive officer and president.
Glycotex
Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and
developing a new class of drugs for human wound healing and tissue repair.
Dr.
Koenig will also be a director of the company. Other directors include Mr.
Christopher Naughton (chairman), Mr David Seaton (chief financial officer,
director and secretary), Ms. Katherine Szem (chair of the Audit Committee),
Mr.
William Rueckert and Mr. Philip Johnston.
Following
the appointment of Dr. Koenig, Glycotex will be headquartered in San
Francisco.
Dr.
Koenig has more than 18 years of pharmaceutical experience in small and emerging
biotech and pharmaceutical companies as well as in multinational companies.
His
most recent position has been Vice President, Clinical and Product Development
at Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company.
Previous
appointments include Senior Vice president, Medical and Regulatory Affairs
at
Imcor Pharmaceuticals Inc., previously known as Photogen Technologies Inc.,
Chief Medical Officer at Collagen Aesthetics, Inc., a manufacturer of tissue
augmentation products, Director, Medical Information and Drug Experience at
Genentech, Inc., a manufacturer of biotechnology products, and Director, Medical
Affairs at Boehringer Mannheim Therapeutics, a manufacturer of pharmaceuticals.
He
received his medical degree at Medical School at Philipps University in Marburg,
Germany. He also received his doctorate in toxicology and pharmacology from
Philipps University, Marburg.
Novogen
(Nasdaq: NVGN ASX: NRT) is a world leader in the research and development of
drugs derived from its phenolic technology platform.
Novogen
manages its international research and development programs using the expertise
and clinical research capabilities of universities and hospitals in the U.S.,
Australia and other key international locations.
Novogen's
U.S. listed subsidiary Marshall Edwards Inc. (Nasdaq: MSHL) is developing the
oncology compound phenoxodiol.
More
information on the Novogen group of companies can be found at www.novogen.com
and
www.marshalledwardsinc.com.
Under
U.S. law, a new drug cannot be marketed until it has been investigated in
clinical trials and approved by the FDA as being safe and effective for the
intended use. Statements included in this press release that are not historical
in nature are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe
harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
You
should be aware that our actual results could differ materially from those
contained in the forward-looking statements, which are based on management's
current expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties,
including, but not limited to, our failure to successfully commercialize our
product candidates; costs and delays in the development and/or FDA approval,
or
the failure to obtain such approval, of our product candidates; uncertainties
in
clinical trial results; our inability to maintain or enter into, and the risks
resulting from our dependence upon, collaboration or contractual arrangements
necessary for the development, manufacture, commercialization, marketing, sales
and distribution of any products; competitive factors; our inability to protect
our patents or proprietary rights and obtain necessary rights to third arty
patents and intellectual property to operate our business; our inability to
operate our business without infringing the patents and proprietary rights
of
others; general economic conditions; the failure of any products to gain market
acceptance; our inability to obtain any additional required financing;
technological changes; government regulation; changes in industry practice;
and
one-time events. We do not intend to update any of these factors or to publicly
announce the results of any revisions to these forward-looking
statements.
ISSUED
FOR : NOVOGEN
LIMITED
LISTINGS : ASX
(CODE NRT), NASDAQ (CODE NVGN)
FOR
FURTHER MR
CHRISTOPHER NAUGHTON, MANAGING DIRECTOR, NOVOGEN LIMITED
INFORMATION : TEL011
(2) 9878 0088 http://www.novogen.com
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