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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 4

                  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

[_]  Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
     obligation may continue. See Instruction 1(b)
(Print or Type Response)

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

    Klem                            Robert                      E.
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   (Last)                           (First)             (Middle)

 c/o Genta Incorporated
 Two Connell Drive
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                                    (Street)

Berkeley Heights                       NJ                 07922
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)


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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Genta Incorporated (Nasdaq: GNTA)


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3.   I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)



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4.   Statement for Month/Year

March 2002

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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)


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

     [_]  Director                             [_]  10% Owner
     [X]  Officer (give title below)           [_]  Other (specify below)

VP & Chief Technical Officer
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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing (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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                                                                                                                6.
                                                                 4.                              5.             Owner-
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Amount of      ship
                                      2.            3.           Disposed of (D)                 Securities     From:     7.
                                      Transaction   Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Beneficially   Direct    Nature of
                                      Date          Code         ------------------------------- Owned at End   (D) or    Indirect
1.                                    (Month/       (Instr. 8)                   (A)             of Month       Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security                      Day/         ------------     Amount      or     Price    (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                             Year)        Code     V                  (D)             and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, par value $.001         3/01/02          X             6,000      A    $0.94375
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Common Stock, par value $.001         3/01/02          S             6,000      D    $12.7450
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Common Stock, par value $.001         3/15/02          X             6,000      A    $0.94375
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Common Stock, par value $.001         3/15/02          S             6,000      D    $15.6492     -0- (1)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
          owned directly or indirectly.

*    If the form is filed by more than one reporting  person, see  Instruction
     5(b)(v).



FORM 4 (continued)

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                                 SEC 1474(3-99)

TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS,
                   WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)

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                                                                                                                     10.
                                                                                                                     Owner-
                                                                                                                     ship
                                                                                                           9.        Form
                 2.                                                                                        Number    of
                 Conver-                    5.                              7.                             of        Deriv-  11.
                 sion                       Number of                       Title and Amount               Deriv-    ative   Nature
                 or                         Derivative    6.                of Underlying       8.         ative     Secur-  of
                 Exer-             4.       Securities    Date              Securities          Price      Bene-     ity:    In-
                 cise     3.       Trans-   Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)    of         ficially  Direct  direct
                 Price    Trans-   action   or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------    Deriv-     Owned     (D) or  Bene-
1.               of       action   Code     of(D)         (Month/Day/Year)            Amount    ative      at End    In-     ficial
Title of         Deriv-   Date     (Instr.  (Instr. 3,    ----------------            of        Secur-     of        direct  Owner-
Derivative       ative    (Month/  8)       4 and 5)      Date     Expira-            Number    ity        Month     (I)     ship
Security         Secur-   Day/     ------   ------------  Exer-    tion               of        (Instr.    (Instr.   (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3)       ity      Year)    Code V    (A)   (D)    cisable  Date     Title     Shares    5)         4)        4)      4)
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Options to       $0.94375  3/01/02  X              6,000  3/31/99    5/28/08  Common  6,000     $5,662.50
acquire Common                                                                Stock,
Stock (2)                                                                     par
                                                                              value
                                                                              $.001
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Options to       $0.94375  3/15/02  X              6,000  3/31/99    5/28/08   Common   6,000  $5,662.50   613,353   D
acquire Common                                                                 Stock,
Stock (2)                                                                      par
                                                                               value
                                                                               $.001
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Explanation of Responses
     (1) Does not include 12,000 shares held by the Reporting Person's
children's individual retirement accounts.
     (2) Issued under the Company's 1998 Employee Stock Incentive Plan.


/s/ Robert E. Klem                                            April 9, 2002
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**Signature of Reporting Person                                   Date


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

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

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