SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Andrade Robert (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ADHEREX TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4620 CREEKSTONE DRIVE, SUITE 200 (Street) DURHAM NC 27703 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 07/07/2009	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ADHEREX TECHNOLOGIES INC [ ADHXF ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Vice President	5. If Amendment, Date of 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

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	780,100	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

	/s/ Donald R. Reynolds, by Power of Attorney	07/17/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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	POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Known all by these presents that the undersigned hereby
constitutes
and appoints each of James A. Klein, Jr. and Donald R.
Reynolds, and each of them acting alone, signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on
behalf of the
undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director and/or 10%
or
more stockholder
of Adherex Technologies, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 (and any
amendments
thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended
(the "1934 Act") and the rules promulgated thereunder; (2) do and perform any
and all acts for
and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete
and execute
any such Form ID, 3, 4 or 5 or Schedule (and any amendments thereto) and to
file
timely such
form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or
similar authority; and (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the
foregoing which in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact may be of benefit to,
in
the best interest
of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by
such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-
fact
may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and
authority to
do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or
proper to be done
in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to
all
intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power
of
substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,
or
such attorney-in-
fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of
attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned
acknowledges
that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the
undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities
to comply with
Section 16 of the 1934 Act.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no
longer required to file such Form ID, 3, 4, or 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by
the
undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to
be
executed as of this 10th day of July 2009.


						/s/ Robert Andrade
						Robert Andrade