SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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                                    FORM 6-K

                        REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

                        Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                       LION BIOSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

                           FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
                 (Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

                           Im Neuenheimer Feld 515-517
                               D-69120 Heidelberg

                                     Germany
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

             Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or
                     will file annual reports under cover of

                             Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

                              Form 20-F X Form 40-F

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

                                    Yes     No   X
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If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): Not Applicable

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     LION bioscience Aktiengesellschaft's publication on its corporate web site
concerning a stock trade of a member of Lion's management board as submitted to
the Federal Agency of Financial Services in Germany is attached as Exhibit 99
and incorporated by reference in this Form 6-K.

     This Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K is specifically
incorporated by reference in the Company's Registration Statement of Form F-3
(Reg. No. 333-90730) filed on June 18, 2002, as amended on July 16, 2002.

Exhibit No.     Description

   99           PUBLICATION ON CORPORATE WEB SITE OF LION BIOSCIENCE AG




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     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, thereunto duly authorized.

                                LION bioscience Aktiengesellschaft

                                     By:   /s/ Friedrich von Bohlen und Halbach
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                                     Name: Dr. Friedrich von Bohlen und Halbach
                                     Title: Chief Executive Officer




Dated:  December 20, 2002



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