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                                 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                          WASHINGTON, DC 20549
                                       
                               STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
/ / Check this box if no                                                     
    longer subject to         Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities 
    Section 16. Form 4            Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the 
    or Form 5 obligations         Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
    may continue. See              or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company
    Instruction 1(b).                           Act of 1940               

                                                                                                          
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 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person       2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol   6. Relationship of Reporting Person to
   Smith            Alan               J.         Halsey Drug Co., Inc. (HDG)                   Issuer (Check all applicable)
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  (Last)          (First)          (Middle)    3. IRS or Social Security  4. Statement for      ----              ---
                                                  Number of Reporting        Month/Year             Officer (give  X Other (Specify
           21 Bedlow Avenue                       Person (Voluntary)           3/98              ----        title ---       below)
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                 (Street)                        --------------------    5. If Amendment,                     Consultant  
Newport,         Rhode Island     02840                                     Date of Original  --------------------------------------
- ---------------------------------------------                               (Month/Year)      7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing  
(City)          (State)             (Zip)                                                         (Check Applicable Line)          
                                                                            ------------      X   Form filed by One Reporting Person
                                                                                                  Form filed by more than one      
                                                                                              __  Reporting Person                 
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                         TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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 1. Title of Security           2. Trans-   3. Transac-  4. Securities Acquired (A)  5.  Amount of Se-    6. Owner-      7. Nature  
  (Instr. 3)                       action      tion         or Disposed of (D)           curities Benefi-    ship           of In-  
                                   Date        Code         (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)          cially Owned at     Form:          direct  
                                               (Instr. 8)                                End of Month        Direct         Benefi-
                                  (Month/                                                (Instr. 3 and 4)    (D) or         cial
                                   Day/   ---------------------------------------                            Indirect       Owner- 
                                   Year)  Code    V      Amount   (A) or    Price                            (I)            ship   
                                                                  (D)                                        (Instr. 4)     (Instr.
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Common Stock                                                                             4,600              D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.                   (Over)

                                                                               (Print or Type Responses)             SEC 1474 (8/92)
 
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount 8. Price Security sion or action action Derivative cisable and of Underlying of (Instr. 3) Exercise Date Code Securities Ac- Expiration Securities Deriv- Price of (Month/ (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Date (Instr. 3 and 4) ative Deriv- Day/ Disposed of (D) (Month/Day/ Secur- ative Year) (Instr. 3, 4, Year) ity Security and 5) (Instr. 5) ----------------------------------- Date Expira- Amount or -------------------------- Exer- tion Title Number of Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Shares - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Option 2/19/98 A ** ** ** Common Stock 10,000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Convertible Debenture 3/10/98 A *** 3/10/98 3/10/03 Common Stock 6,000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Purchase Warrants 3/10/98 A *** 3/10/98 3/10/05 Common Stock 1,010 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Purchase Warrants 3/10/98 A *** 3/10/98 3/10/05 Common Stock 1,010 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of Security Derivative Form of Indirect (Instr. 3) Securities Derivative Beneficial Beneficially Security: Ownership Owned at End Direct (D) (Instr. 4) of Month or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10,000 Direct - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6,667 Direct - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,010 Direct - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,010 Direct - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: ** Date of grant February 19, 1998; Date Exercisable and Expiration Date to be determined. *** Acquired in connection with a private offering on March 10, 1998 consisting of a Convertible Debenture exercisable at any time and Stock Purchase Warrants (1,010 shares of which are presently exercisable at $1.50 per share and 1,010 shares of which are presently exercisable at $2.38 per share). ** Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal by: /s/ Alan J. Smith 4/8/98 Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------- ------ **Signature of Reporting Person Date Note. File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. Page 2 If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 1474 (8/92)