Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN 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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Denoyer Bernard
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CALLISTO PHARMACEUTICALS INC [CLSP]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Senior Vice President, Finance
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O CALLISTO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 420 LEXINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 1609
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/17/2013
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10170
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Options $ 3.6 01/17/2013   D     100,000   (2) 01/15/2014 Common Stock 100,000 (1) 0 D  
Stock Options $ 1.38 01/17/2013   D     75,000   (3) 07/29/2015 Common Stock 75,000 (1) 0 D  
Stock Options $ 0.66 01/17/2013   D     75,000   (4) 04/12/2017 Common Stock 75,000 (1) 0 D  
Stock Options $ 0.26 01/17/2013   D     75,000   (5) 01/25/2020 Common Stock 75,000 (1) 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Denoyer Bernard
C/O CALLISTO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
420 LEXINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 1609
NEW YORK, NY 10170
      Senior Vice President, Finance  

Signatures

 /s/ Bernard Denoyer   01/22/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 20, 2012, as amended October 15, 2012, by and between Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc ("Synergy") and Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Callisto"), Callisto merged with and into Synergy (the "Merger"). Upon the effective time of the Merger, each share of Callisto common stock was cancelled and exchanged for .1799 shares of Synergy common stock (the "Exchange Ratio"). Each stock option exercisable for shares of Callisto common stock that is outstanding at the effective time of the Merger was assumed by Synergy and converted into a stock option to purchase the number of shares of Synergy's common stock that the holder would have received if such holder had exercised such stock option for shares of Callisto common stock prior to the Merger and exchanged such shares for Synergy common stock in accordance with the Exchange Ratio.
(2) 30,000 options vested on October 1, 2004, 30,000 options vested on January 15, 2006 and 40,000 options vested on January 15, 2007.
(3) 25,000 options vested on each of July 29, 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively.
(4) 25,000 options vested on April 12, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
(5) 25,000 options vested on each of January 25, 2011 and 2012, respectively, and 25,000 options vest on January 25, 2013.

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