MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB: NVLTD), a pharmaceutical company developing novel drugs for treatment and diagnosis of cancer, today announced that Dr. Rock Mackie, Mr. John Neis, Dr. John Niederhuber, Dr. Michael Tweedle and Dr. Jamey Weichert joined Novelos’ board of directors concurrently with the closing of the recently announced acquisition of Cellectar, Inc.