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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001181431-04-054050.txt : 20041118
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20041118183637
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-04-054050
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20041118
FILED AS OF DATE:		20041118
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20041118

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BOSTON LIFE SCIENCES INC /DE
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000094784
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				870277826
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		137 NEWBURY STREET
		STREET 2:		8TH FLOOR
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02116
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6174250200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		137 NEWBURY STREET
		STREET 2:		8TH FLOOR
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02116

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GREENWICH PHARMACEUTICALS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	STRATEGIC MEDICAL RESEARCH CORP /DE
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19790521

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PYKETT MARK JEROME
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001278271

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-06533
		FILM NUMBER:		041156006

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ADVENTRX
		STREET 2:		9948 HILBERT ST
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92131
		BUSINESS PHONE:		978 561 1119

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		223A MAIN ST
		CITY:			BOXFORD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			021921
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<SEQUENCE>1
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

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    <periodOfReport>2004-11-18</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000094784</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BOSTON LIFE SCIENCES INC /DE</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BLSI</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001278271</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>PYKETT MARK JEROME</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>20 NEWBURY STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BOSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02116</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>EVP &amp; Chief Operating Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0.75</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-11-18</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>500000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2014-11-18</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>500000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>500000</value>
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            <ownershipNature>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The option was granted outside of the Company's stock option plans. The option is vested immediately as to 125,000 shares. The remainder will vest monthly in equal installments over the next four years.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Mark Pykett</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-11-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

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