Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. Prices $5.9 Million Public Offering

MADISON, Wis., Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB: NVLT), a pharmaceutical company developing novel drugs for treatment and diagnosis of cancer, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 9,840,000 units at $0.60 per unit for gross proceeds of $5,904,000. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and a warrant to purchase one share of common stock. The warrants will have an exercise price of $0.60 per share and a 5-year term. The Company has granted the underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the units offered in the public offering to cover over-allotments, if any. The offering is being made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. (NasdaqGM: RODM), is acting as sole underwriter for the offering. Novelos expects to close the transaction, subject to customary conditions, on or about December 6, 2011.

This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any offer or sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus, copies of which may be obtained from Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, Prospectus Department, 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 10020, telephone: 212-356-0500 or email: placements@rodm.com. Before any investment, an investor should read the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, including the information incorporated by reference therein, for more complete information about Novelos and this offering.

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