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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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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, 2008
Commission
File Number ________________
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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Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
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authorized.
Novogen
Limited
(Registrant)
/s/ Ron
Erratt
Ronald
Lea Erratt
Company
Secretary
Date
22 October, 2008

ASX
& MEDIA RELEASE
22
OCTOBER, 2008
GLYCOTEX
REPORTS FIRST PATIENT ENROLLMENT IN PHASE IIB STUDY OF LEAD PRODUCT CANDIDATE
GLYC-101 FOR WOUND HEALING
Novogen
Limited’s subsidiary, Glycotex, Inc., has made the following
announcement:
Rockville,
Maryland – 21 October, 2008 - Glycotex, Inc. today announced enrolment of the
first patient in a Phase IIb study evaluating the effect of GLYC-101 on wound
closure and cosmetic outcomes in cosmetic surgery patients undergoing carbon
dioxide laser skin resurfacing on the lower eyelid area.
A
previous Phase II Pilot Study, investigating clinical outcomes and safety
parameters of GLYC-101 at two doses compared to placebo was completed in April
2008.
The
current randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study will enrol
approximately 48 patients at one clinical trial site in Beverly Hills,
California. Patients will be randomised to receive either GLYC-101
0.1% or GLYC-101 1.0% gel on one lower eyelid, and placebo on the other lower
eyelid applied topically to the laser-ablated area immediately following the
laser procedure and for four consecutive days thereafter. The primary
efficacy endpoint of the study is time to wound healing, and the secondary
efficacy point is cosmetic outcomes, including scarring. The study
will observe the effects of the topical agent over the course of one month
following the initial treatment with the investigational compound and
placebo.
About
GLYC-101
GLYC-101
is intended to stimulate and modulate the natural cascade of wound healing
activities of several cell populations. The product candidate is a topical
gel to be applied directly on the wound surface. In May 2006, Glycotex
completed a Phase II clinical trial of GLYC-101 in Australia, in which
GLYC-101 produced a statistically significant rate of wound area reduction
versus combined placebo and standard care in patients with chronic venous
ulcers. The results provided proof-of concept and dose-ranging
information for GLYC-101.
The
strategic priorities for GLYC-101 include wound healing following laser
ablation, burn wounds, surgical wounds, venous ulcers and diabetic
ulcers.
About
Glycotex, Inc.
Glycotex,
Inc. is a U.S. based development stage biopharmaceutical company focused on
discovering and developing therapies intended to accelerate human wound healing
and tissue repair across a wide range of human applications. It has
licensed from Novogen Limited certain patent rights and know-how to use and
exploit its technology in a wide range of wound healing
applications. Glycotex, Inc. is an 81 percent owned subsidiary of
Novogen Limited. For more information, visit www.glycotexinc.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 of our products to obtain such approval,
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 party 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.