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              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,
      Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
             Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

   Cooper Hill Partners, LLC
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   (Last)          (First)              (Middle)

230 Park Avenue,
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                   (Street)

New York,             NY                  10169
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   (City)           (State)               (Zip)

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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)

   March 13, 2001
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)

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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

   DUSA Pharmaceuticals Inc.        DUSA
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)

   [ ] Director
   [x] 10% Owner
   [ ] Officer (give title below)
   [ ] Other (Specify below)

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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
       March 29, 2001
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)

   [] Form filed by One Reporting Person
   [x] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of     3. Ownership      4. Nature of Indirect
   (Instr. 4)           Securities       Form:             Beneficial
                        Beneficially     Direct (D)        Ownership
                        Owned            or Indirect       (Instr. 5)
                        (Instr. 4)       (I) (Instr. 5)

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common stock             1,682,900               I
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Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Intr. 4)
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As the sole general partner of CLSP, L.P.; CLSP II, L.P.; CLSP/SBS I, L.P. and
CLSP/SBS II, L.P., each a private investment partnership, Cooper Hill Partners,
LLC has the power to vote and dispose of the securities owned by each of these
partnerships and, accordingly, may be deemed the "beneficial owner" of such
securities. Jeffrey Casdin is the managing member of Cooper Hill Partners, LLC.



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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person,
SEE instruction 5(b)(v).

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of
securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)

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                                                               SEC 1473 (7-96)





FORM 3 (continued)

TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security  2. Date Exercisable and  3. Title and Amount
   (Instr. 4)                       Expiration Date          of Securities
                                    (Month/Day/Year)         Underlying
                                 -----------------------     Derivative
                                     Date     Expiration     Security
                                 Exercisable      Date       (Instr. 4)
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                                                            Title  Amount or
                                                                   Number of
                                                                    Shares

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4. Conversion or   5. Ownership Form of       6. Nature of Indirect
   Exercise Price     Derivative Security:       Beneficial Ownership
   of Derivative      Direct (D) or              (Instr. 5)
   Security           Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)

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**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
  Criminal Violations.  SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).





Explanation of Responses:
Note 1 The Reporting Person may be considered a "group" as explained in
Table I, Item 4.: however each member of the group disclaims beneficial
ownership of any securities owned by such other persons.

If space is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.

DATED:  June 15, 2001

                                 /s/ Jeffrey Casdin
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                                 Jeffrey Casdin
                                 For Cooper Hill Partners, LLC,
                                 the General Partner of CLSP,
                                 L.P.; CLSP II, L.P.; CLSP/SBS
                                 I, L.P. and CLSP/SBS II, L.P.;
                                 and Individually