SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              Washington, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 8, 2003
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                               CYTOGEN CORPORATION
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


        Delaware                   000-14879                    222322400
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(State or Other Jurisdiction  (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer
     of Incorporation)                                      Identification No.)


650 College Road East, Suite 3100, Princeton, NJ                 08540
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                       (Zip Code)


                                 (609) 750-8200
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                         (Registrant's telephone number,
                              including area code)


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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)





      ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

      On April 8,  2003,  Cytogen  Corporation  (the  "Company")  announced  the
amicable resolution of all open matters with Draximage Inc.  ("Draximage"),  the
radiopharmaceutical subsidiary of DRAXIS Health Inc., as well as the termination
of the Company's  License and Distribution  Agreement and Product  Manufacturing
and  Supply   Agreement  with  Draximage,   with  respect  to  both  of  DRAXIS'
BrachySeed(TM) I-125 and BrachySeed(TM) Pd-103 products.

      The Company and Draximage have also agreed to maintain the confidentiality
of each  other's  proprietary  information,  released  each other from all other
liability  with  respect to any  claims  under  such  agreements,  and agreed to
certain indemnification obligations with respect to third party claims.

      Such press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, and is incorporated
herein  by  reference.  The  foregoing  description  of such  press  release  is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such document.

      Item 7. FINANCIAL  STATEMENTS,   PRO  FORMA  FINANCIAL  INFORMATION  AND
              EXHIBITS.

      (c) Exhibits.

             Exhibit No.   Description
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                 99.1      Press release of the Company dated April 8, 2003







                                   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 hereunto duly authorized.


                                    Cytogen Corporation



                                    By: /s/ Michael D. Becker
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                                        Michael D. Becker,
                                        President and Chief Executive Officer


Date:  April 9, 2003