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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060515
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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NOVOGEN LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001075880
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

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		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-29962
		FILM NUMBER:		06836982

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		140 WICKS RD
		STREET 2:		NORTH RYDE
		CITY:			NEW SOUTH WALES 2113
		STATE:			C3
		ZIP:			2113
		BUSINESS PHONE:		01161298780088

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		107 NORTH RYDE
		CITY:			SYDNEY
		STATE:			C3
		ZIP:			1670
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      Regulation S-T Rule 101 (b)( I) only permits the submission in paper of a Form
      6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security
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      6-K
      if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign
      private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction
      in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the
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        Sheon,</font></div>
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        Marshall Edwards, Inc. </font></div>
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        518-6321</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>MARSHALL
        EDWARDS, INC. LICENSES TWO ANTI-CANCER COMPOUNDS FROM NOVOGEN
        LIMITED.</strong></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Washington
        DC; and Sydney Australia - May 15) - Novogen Limited and Marshall Edwards,
        Inc.
        (MSHL) have concluded a Licence Agreement for MSHL to develop and commercialise
        the two oncology compounds NV-196 and NV-143.</font></div>
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        being developed initially in oral form for pancreatic and bile duct cancer
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        NV-143 is targeted for the treatment of melanoma, also in oral dosage
        form.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">MSHL
        holds an option licence agreement with Novogen that entitles MSHL to make
        the
        first and last offer from Novogen for oncology compounds that have entered
        human
        clinical trials. </font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NV-196
        is
        in phase I human testing and qualifies as an option compound. MSHL has exercised
        that option on the terms now agreed. NV-143 is in pre-clinical testing and
        has
        also now been in-licensed by MSHL.</font></div>
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        terms
        of the licences consist of a single upfront payment to Novogen of US$1million,
        a
        series of payments for each compound upon reaching the milestones of US
        Investigational New Drug (IND) approval, entering human testing at phases
        II and
        III and receipt of a New Drug Application for marketing and a royalty on
        sales
        of five per cent. MSHL will fund the ongoing clinical programs and is
        responsible for the commercial development of the drugs.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">MSHL
        is
        also the licensee of the Novogen developed investigational anti-cancer drug
        phenoxodiol that currently is in phase II trials for ovarian and prostate
        cancer. MSHL is concluding the protocol for phenoxodiol to enter phase III
        human
        trialling for chemotherapy resistant ovarian cancer, the development program
        for
        which the US FDA has granted MSHL fast track status.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Chairman of MSHL, Professor Graham Kelly, said the in-licensing of NV-196
        represented a significant addition to the anti-cancer portfolio of Marshall
        Edwards, Inc. </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8220;The
        high
        safety profile and effectiveness that these drugs have demonstrated in
        pre-clinical studies, along with our positive clinical experience with the
        related compound phenoxodiol, auger well for a successful clinical program.&#8221;
Professor Kelly said.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8220;The
        oncology world is looking for an effective series of drugs that can be targeted
        to specific cancers with the knowledge that they are effective and relatively
        safe.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8220;With
        this class of drugs we hope to be able to offer that combination of safety
        and
        effectiveness to patients,&#8221; Professor Kelly added. </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Marshall
        Edwards, Inc. (Nasdaq : MSHL) is a US clinical development oncology company
        and
        is majority owned by Novogen, an Australian biotechnology company that is
        specialising in the development of therapeutics based on regulation of the
        sphingomyelin pathway. </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Novogen
        Limited (ASX : NRT Nasdaq : NVGN), based in Sydney, Australia, is developing
        a
        range of therapeutics across the fields of oncology, cardiovascular disease
        and
        inflammatory diseases. </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">More
        information on phenoxodiol and on the Novogen group of companies can be found
        at
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>www.marshalledwardsinc.com</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        and
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>www.novogen.com</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        </font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Under
        U.S. law, a new drug cannot be marketed until it has been investigated in
        clinical trials and approved by the FDA as being safe and effective for the
        intended use. Statements included in this press release that are not historical
        in nature are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe
        harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
        You
        should be aware that our actual results could differ materially from those
        contained in the forward-looking statements, which are based on management's
        current expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties,
        including, but not limited to, our failure to successfully commercialize
        our
        product candidates; costs and delays in the development and/or FDA approval,
        or
        the failure to obtain such approval, of our product candidates; uncertainties
        in
        clinical trial results; our inability to maintain or enter into, and the
        risks
        resulting from our dependence upon, collaboration or contractual arrangements
        necessary for the development, manufacture, commercialization, marketing,
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        and distribution of any products; competitive factors; our inability to protect
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