UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
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                                    FORM 8-K

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                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
        DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED) DECEMBER 7, 2004
 
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                               NOVADEL PHARMA INC.
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             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
 
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          DELAWARE                      000-23399               22-2407152
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION      (COMMISSION FILE NO.)      (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
      OF INCORPORATION)                                     IDENTIFICATION NO.)
 
                              25 MINNEAKONING ROAD
                          FLEMINGTON, NEW JERSEY 08822
               (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)
 
                                 (908) 782-3431
              (REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
 
                                       N/A
          (FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
 
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ITEM 5.03 AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS; CHANGE IN FISCAL
YEAR.

On December 7, 2004, the Company's Board of Directors approved an amendment to
the Company's By-laws. The amendment allows the Board of Directors to designate
any date and time as the date and time of the Company's annual meeting of
shareholders. Prior to the amendment, the By-laws provided that the Company's
annual meeting of shareholders be held on a date set by the Board of Directors
within five months after the close of the fiscal year of the Company (Article
II, Section 2).

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
           
      (c)   Exhibits.

            3.2.  By-Laws of NovaDel Pharma Inc., as amended through December 7,
                  2004. 

                                   SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

  
                               NOVADEL PHARMA INC.
 
 
                               By:  /s/ Gary A. Shangold              
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                               Name: Gary A. Shangold, Ph.D.
                               Title: President and Chief Executive Officer