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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Drechsler Andrew T   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Valera Pharmaceuticals Inc [VLRX] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Financial Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O VALERA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 7 CLARKE DRIVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/17/2007 (Street) CRANBURY, NJ 08512-3617 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 04/17/2007   D   1,600 D (1) 0 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Option

$ 12

04/17/2007

D

79,166

(2)

06/27/2015

Common Stock

79,166

(3)

0

D

Stock Option

$ 9

04/17/2007

D

30,000

(4)

02/02/2016

Common Stock

30,000

(5)

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Drechsler Andrew T C/O VALERA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 7 CLARKE DRIVE CRANBURY, NJ 08512-3617			Chief Financial Officer

Signatures

/s/ David S. Tierney, M.D., Attorney in Fact for Andrew Drechsler		04/18/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement dated December 11, 2006 by and among the Issuer, Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Indevus") and Indevus' wholly-owned subsidiary Hayden Merger Sub, Inc. ("Hayden") pursuant to which the Issuer was the surviving entity in a merger with Hayden and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Indevus. In the merger, the Reporting Person received an aggregate of 1,813 shares of Indevus common stock having a market value of $7.05 per share, the closing price of Indevus' common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on April 17, 2007, the closing date of the merger, plus for each share of the Issuer's common stock disposed, three contingent stock rights ("CSRs") convertible into $1.00 of Indevus common stock, $1.00 of Indevus common stock, $1.50 of Indevus common stock, respectively, if applicable milestones are achieved with respect to three of the Issuer's product candidates.
(2)	This option vested ratably on an annual basis over a four year period beginning on 06/27/05.
(3)	This option, the exercise price of which was $12.00, was exchanged for Indevus' unfunded and unsecured promise to issue, in the future, a number of shares of Indevus common stock determined by a formula intended to provide value equivalent to the CSRs, net of the option exercise price exceeding $7.75.
(4)	This option vested ratably on an annual basis over a four year period beginning on 02/02/06.
(5)	This option, the exercise price of which was $9.00, was exchanged for Indevus' unfunded and unsecured promise to issue, in the future, a number of shares of Indevus common stock determined by a formula intended to provide value equivalent to the CSRs, net of the option exercise price exceeding $7.75.
Remarks: No fraction of a share of Indevus common stock was issued to the Reporting Person by virtue of the merger, but in lieu thereof Indevus paid or has agreed to pay to the Reporting Person an amount of cash (rounded to the nearest whole cent), equal to the product of: (i) any such fraction resulting from the merger, multiplied by (ii) $6.836.

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