SEC Form 3

FORM 3

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

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* VENTURES WEST CAPITAL LTD (Last) (First) (Middle) 2500-1066 WEST HASTINGS STREET (Street) VANCOUVER, BC V6E 3X 1 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 08/21/2008	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ONCOGENEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. [ OGXI ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of 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

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	926,819(1)	I	See footnote(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. These securities include 264,810 shares that remain in escrow pending the achievement of certain milestones, as set forth in the Arrangement Agreement dated May 27, 2008 between Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Oncogenex Technologies Inc., which is included as Exhibit 2.1 to the Issuer's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 0-21243) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference. If such milestones are not satisfied prior to August 21, 2014, all shares remaining in escrow will be cancelled.

2. 845,643 shares of common stock are held of record by Ventures West 7 Limited Partnership, whose general partner is Ventures West 7 Management Ltd, an entity wholly owned by Ventures West Capital Ltd. and whose officers are similar to the officers of Ventures West Capital Ltd and 81,176 shares of common stock are held of record by Ventures West 7 U.S. Limited Partnership, whose manager is Ventures West 7 Management (International) Inc., an entity controlled by Ventures West Capital Ltd. and whose officers are similar to the officers of Ventures West Capital Ltd. All transactions involving securities held by Ventures West 7 Limited Partnership and Ventures West 7 U.S. Limited Partnership are completed in parallel.

	Howard Riback, Chief Financial Officer	08/29/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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