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 October, 2006
Commission
File Number ________________
Novogen
Limited
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
140
Wicks
Road, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
(Address
of principal executive office)
___________________________________
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form
20-F
x Form
40-F
o
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by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted
by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(l):
Note:
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6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security
holders.
Indicate
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by Regulation S-T Rule lO1(b)(7):
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6-K
if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign
private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction
in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the
registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on
which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other
document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been
distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material
event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission
filing on EDGAR.
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained
in
this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule l2g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes o No
o
If
“Yes”
is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
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
30 October, 2006
ASX
& MEDIA RELEASE
30
OCTOBER, 2006
MARSHALL
EDWARDS INC TO PRESENT AT THE RODMAN & RENSHAW 8TH
ANNUAL HEALTHCARE CONFERENCE.
Novogen
Limited’s subsidiary, Marshall Edwards, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSHL) has just made the
following announcement.
Marshall
Edwards Inc (NASDAQ:MSHL) will present at the Rodman & Renshaw 8th
Annual
Healthcare Conference at the New York Palace Hotel on Wednesday November
8, 2006
at
12.45 pm.
About
Marshall Edwards, Inc.
Marshall
Edwards, Inc. (Nasdaq : MSHL) has licensed rights from Novogen Limited (Nasdaq
:
NVGN) to bring three oncology drugs - phenoxodiol, NV-196 and NV-143 - to
market
globally. Marshall Edwards, Inc. is majority owned by Novogen, an Australian
biotechnology company that is specializing in the development of therapeutics
based on regulation of the sphingomyelin pathway. Novogen, based in Sydney,
Australia, is developing a range of therapeutics across the fields of oncology,
cardiovascular disease and inflammatory diseases. More information on
phenoxodiol and on the Novogen group of companies can be found at
www.marshalledwardsinc.com and www.novogen.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.