NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB: NVLT), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapeutics to treat cancer and hepatitis, today announced that it received $3 million from the sale of 4,615,384 shares of its common stock at $0.65 per share to two accredited investors. The shares of common stock were issued in a private placement transaction under Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933 and have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws.
