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                            SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
                   PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


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                          NORTHFIELD LABORATORIES INC.

                (Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

                                C. ROBERT COATES
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     (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement if other than the Registrant)


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     3)     Filing Party: C. Robert Coates
     4)     Date Filed: August 29, 2002


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Thank you for your email and support. Please do not write in Mr. Coates' name on
the NFLD Proxy. By sending the NFLD proxy back that will give NFLD the right to
vote your shares however they see fit. Please give me a call in the event that
you do not have a proxy by weeks end, or if you would like to talk further. I am
available at 1-800-295-0841 x240.

Regards,

Simon Goldberg
Project Manager, Life Sciences
The Robert Coates Group