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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
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                                    FORM 8-K
 
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                                 Current Report
                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 14, 2005
 
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                                BIOENVISION, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
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                                    Delaware
                 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 

               000-24875                                  13-4025857
         (Commission File No.)                 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
                           345 Park Avenue, 41st Floor
                            New York, New York 10154
              (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

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       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 750-6700


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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

         On November 14, 2005, the Company issued a press release reporting
first quarter 2006 financial results. The press release is attached as Exhibit
99.1 to this report.

         The information set forth in the above Item 2.02 and the attached
Exhibit 99.1 is furnished to, but shall not be deemed "filed" with the
Commission for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise incorporated by reference
into any filing pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Exchange Act, except as otherwise expressly stated in such a filing.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits.

         99.1     Press Release dated November 14, 2005.





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                                    SIGNATURE
 
      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 

                              BIOENVISION, INC.

                                     
Dated: November 15, 2005      By:   /s/  David P. Luci
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                                     David P. Luci
                                    Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel and
                                    Corporate Secretary





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         99.1     Press Release dated November 14, 2005.