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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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * BUTLER MARK S   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol INDEVUS PHARMACEUTICALS INC [IDEV] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Executive Vice President (Last) (First) (Middle) 33 HAYDEN AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/07/2006 (Street) LEXINGTON, MA 02421 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 Common Stock (1) 03/07/2006   A   28,800 A $ 0 30,329 D   Common Stock               2,945 I Held by children

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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

Performance Rights

(2)

03/07/2006

A

0 (2)

(2)

03/07/2009

Common Stock

0 (2)

$ 0

0 (2)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
BUTLER MARK S 33 HAYDEN AVENUE LEXINGTON, MA 02421			Executive Vice President

Signatures

Mark S. Butler		03/09/2006
**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)	Represents a grant of restricted stock that is subject to transfer restrictions, forfeiture and acceleration. The grant also vests in equal annual installments such that the transfer restrictions are removed relating to the shares as follows: one third (9,600 shares) annually for three years commencing one year from that date of grant.
(2)	Represents a grant of the right to receive shares of common stock subject to (i) achievement of certain milestones related to the market price of Indevus' Common Stock, and (ii) recipient remaining employed by Indevus on the three year anniversary of the date of grant. The number of shares the recipient is entitled to receive, if any, at such time is dependent on the market price at which Indevus' Common Stock trades for 20 consecutive business days at any time during the three year period prior to the vesting date. Depending on such prices as may be attained, the recipient could receive either (i) 28,100, (ii) 37,500 or (iii) 46,900 shares. Subject to certain acceleration events, if such market prices are not attained during such three year period, the recipient will not receive any shares under this award.

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