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FORM 5                                                                      ----------------------------
                                                                             OMB Number:      3235-0362
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                                    UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                               Washington, D.C. 20549

                              ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

       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*                               2.  Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol


        Needleman,         Philip                                                    Pharmacia Corporation PHA
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         (Last)            (First)                   (Middle)          3.  I.R.S. Identification     4.  Statement for
                                                                           Number of Reporting           Month/Year
                                                                           Person, if an entity
                       100 Route 206 North                                 (Voluntary)                   December 2001
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                           (Street)                                                                  5.  If Amendment,
                                                                                                         Date of Original
Peapack,              NJ                          07977                                                  (Month/Year)
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(City)             (State)                         (Zip)



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6.  Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
             (Check all applicable)

             Director                        10% Owner
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        X    Officer (give                   Other (specify
    -------- title below)            -------       below)

Senior Executive Vice President

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7.  Individual or Joint/Group Reporting
         (check Applicable Line)

   X  Form filed by One Reporting Person
  __
      Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
  __
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  Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1.  Title of Security                            2. Trans-     3.  Trans-         4.  Securities Acquired (A)
     (Instr. 3)                                     action         action             or Disposed of (D)
                                                    Date           Code               (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
                                                                   (Instr. 8)
                                                    (Month/   ----------------------------------------------------------
                                                       Day/                          Amount      (A) or        Price
                                                      Year)                                      (D)
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Common
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Common
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5.  Amount of                   6.  Ownership                     7.  Nature of
    Securities                      Form: Direct (D)                  Indirect
    Beneficially                    or Indirect (I)                   Beneficial
    Owned at                        (Instr. 4)                        Ownership
    end of Issuer's                                                   (Instr. 4)
    Fiscal Year
    (Instr. 3 and 4)
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            204,722                       D
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              3,713                       I                           By 401(k)
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*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see
instruction 4(b)(v).


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FORM 5 (continued)

                                  Needleman, Philip -- December 2001

           Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or
                      Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants,
                      options, convertible securities)


                                                                               
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1. Title of Derivative    2. Conver-    3. Trans-   4. Transac-     5. Number of           6. Date Exercisable
   Security (Instr. 3)       sion or       action      tion Code       Derivative             and Expiration Date
                             Exercise      Date        (Instr. 8)      Securities             (Month/Day/Year)
                             Price of                                  Acquired (A)
                             Derivative    (Month/                     or Disposed of
                             Security        Day/                      (D)
                                            Year)                      (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
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                                                                        (A)       (D)         Date         Expi-
                                                                                              Exercis-     ration
                                                                                              able         Date
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Option (right to buy)          $49.10   04/02/2001        A            122,964                (1)       04/02/2011
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Option (right to buy)          $49.10   04/02/2001        A              2,036                (2)       04/02/2011
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Option (right to buy)          $50.22                                                         (1)       02/25/2008
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Option (right to buy)          $14.16                                                         (5)       02/24/2004
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Option (right to buy)           $9.32                                                         (5)       02/25/2003
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Option (right to buy)          $27.64                                                         (1)       04/25/2006
                               (3)(4)
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Option (right to buy)          $33.65                                                         (1)       02/26/2007
                               (3)(4)
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Option (right to buy)          $75.00                                                         (1)       04/22/2009
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Option (right to buy)          $51.00                                                         (1)       06/30/2009
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Option (right to buy)          $51.59                                                         (1)       06/01/2010
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7. Title and Amount of    8. Price of        9. Number of        10. Ownership       11. Nature
   Underlying Securities     Derivative         Derivative           of Derivative       of Indirect
   (Instr. 3 and 4)          Security           Securities           Security:           Beneficial
                             (Instr. 5)         Beneficially         Direct (D)          Ownership
                                                Owned at             or Indirect         (Instr. 4)
                                                End of               (I)
                                                Year                 (Instr. 4)
                                                (Instr. 4)
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   Title      Amount or
              Number of
              Shares
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Common         122,964                                                    D
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Common           2,036                             125,000                D
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Common          76,904                              76,904                D
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Common         140,000                             140,000                D
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Common           70,000                             70,000                D
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Common          250,000                            250,000                D
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Common          193,588                            193,588                D
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Common          150,836                            150,836                D
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Common           20,587                             20,587                D
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Common          125,000                            125,000                D
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Explanation of Responses:

See attached statement

**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
  Violations.

     See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
      If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB number.

                            Don W. Schmitz                       2/14/2002
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                     ** Signature of Reporting Person               Date
                     Don W. Schmitz, attorney-in-fact for
                     Philip Needleman



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                               Pharmacia Corporation PHA

                                                         Form 5 - December 2001
Needleman, Philip

100 Route 206 North

Peapack, NJ 07977

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Explanation of responses:

(1) Option becomes exercisable for one-third of the shares on the first, second
    and third anniversary of the grant date.

(2) Option exercisable on 4/02/2004

(3) Pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of Monsanto Company's Employee
    Stock Option Plan, the option exercise price and the number of shares
    subject to the option have been adjusted to reflect a five-for-one stock
    split in 1996.

(4) Pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of Monsanto Company's Employee
    Stock Option Plan, the option exercise price and the number of shares
    subject to the option have been adjusted to reflect the 9/1/97 spin-off
    of Solutia Inc.

(5) Option is currently exercisable.



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