SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                           Washington, D.C. 20549-1004

                                    FORM 8-K

                    CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OF

                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): August 28, 2003

                          MIRAVANT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES

             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 Delaware                                  0-2554                77-0222872
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)    (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                           Identification Number)





                                336 Bollay Drive

                             Santa Barbara, CA 93117

                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (805) 685-9880

              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)






ITEM 5.  Other Events

      Pharmacia Debt Termination

     On August 28, 2003,  Miravant Medical  Technologies (the "Company") entered
     into a Termination and Release  Agreement with Pharmacia AB, a wholly owned
     subsidiary  of Pfizer,  Inc.  ("Pharmacia"),  that  provides,  among  other
     things, for the retirement of the $10.6 million debt owed by the Company to
     Pharmacia and the release of the related security  collateral,  in exchange
     for a $1.0 million cash payment,  390,000  shares of the  Company's  common
     stock  and the  adjustment  of the of the  exercise  price  of  Pharmacia's
     outstanding  warrants to purchase  shares of the  Company's  common  stock.
     Additionally,  the Company will extend the expiration  date of the warrants
     to December 31, 2005. As a result,  Pharmacia  currently holds an aggregate
     of 360,000  warrants to purchase shares of the Company's common stock at an
     exercise  price of $1.00 per share.  The  Company  also  granted  Pharmacia
     certain  registration  rights in connection with the shares of common stock
     it received in this transaction.

     Convertible Debt Financing

     On August 28, 2003, the Company entered into a Convertible Debt and Warrant
     Purchase  Agreement  (the  "Convertible  Debt  Agreement")  with a group of
     private  accredited  investors  (the  "Investors"),  pursuant  to which the
     Company  issued  securities to the Investors in exchange for gross proceeds
     of $6.0 million.  Under the  Convertible  Debt  Agreement,  the debt can be
     converted,  at the Investors' option, at $1.00 per share into the Company's
     common stock. The Company will issue separate convertible  promissory notes
     ("Convertible  Notes") to each Investor and the Convertible Notes will earn
     interest  at 8% per annum and be due  August  28,  2006,  unless  converted
     earlier.  The interest on each Convertible Note is due quarterly  beginning
     October 1, 2003 and can be paid in cash or in-kind at the Company's option.
     Under certain  circumstances  each  Convertible  Note can be prepaid by the
     Company prior to the maturity date or prior to conversion.

     In  connection  with the  borrowing,  the  Company  will also  issue to the
     Investors  warrants to purchase an  aggregate  of  4,500,000  shares of the
     Company's common stock. Each Investor will receive two warrants.  The first
     warrant is for the purchase of one-half  (1/2) of a share of the  Company's
     common stock for every $1.00 principal amount of debt under the Convertible
     Debt Agreement. The second warrant is for the purchase of one-quarter (1/4)
     of a share of the Company's  common stock for every $1.00 principal  amount
     of debt under the Convertible  Debt  Agreement.  The exercise price of each
     warrant will be $1.00 per share and the warrants  will  terminate on August
     28,  2008,  unless  previously  exercised.  The  Company  also  granted the
     Investors certain  registration rights in connection with this transaction.
     The  1/4  share   warrant   is   mandatorly   exercisable   under   certain
     circumstances.

     In connection with the execution of the Convertible Debt Agreement, certain
     holders of notes (the "2002 Lenders")  issued under the Company's  December
     2002  Convertible  Debt and Warrant  Agreement (the "2002 Debt  Agreement")
     have agreed to subordinate  their debt security position to that of the new
     Investors.  In exchange for the subordinated  security  position,  the 2002
     Lenders  will  receive  additional  warrants to purchase  an  aggregate  of
     1,575,000  shares of the  Company's  common  stock at an exercise  price of
     $1.00 per share, and these additional warrants will terminate on August 28,
     2008, unless previously  exercised.  Additionally,  under the anti-dilution
     provision  of the 2002 Debt  Agreement,  the  conversion  price of the five
     notes issued thereunder to the 2002 Lenders during the period February 2003
     through  July 2003 will be reduced to $1.00 and the  exercise  price of the
     related  warrants issued to the 2002 Lenders during the same period will be
     reduced to $1.00.

     A copy of the Convertible  Debt Agreement,  the related forms of promissory
     notes  and  warrants,  the  related  registration  rights  agreement,   the
     subordination  agreement with the 2002 Lenders, the Termination and Release
     Agreement with Pharmacia,  an amendment to Pharmacia's  outstanding warrant
     agreements  and a side  letter  relating to this  transaction  are filed as
     exhibits to this  report and are  incorporated  by  reference  herein.  The
     foregoing  descriptions of the above  transactions  and agreements does not
     purport to be complete and are qualified in their  entirety by reference to
     the exhibits.





     Pro Forma Disclosure (Unaudited)

     The following  unaudited  consolidated pro forma condensed selected balance
     sheet information as of June 30, 2003 presented below includes  adjustments
     for the events above related to the Termination  and Release  Agreement and
     the Convertible Debt Financing,  respectively,  as if such event took place
     at June 30, 2003:



                                                                                            


                                                    Actual                  Pro Forma                 Pro Forma
                                                 June 30, 2003             Adjustments              June 30, 2003
- ------------------------------------------ -- -------------------- --- -------------------- ----- -------------------
                                                  (Unaudited)              (Unaudited)               (Unaudited)

Cash................................               $      76,000            $   5,000,000   (1)       $   5,076,000
Current assets......................                     152,000                5,000,000                 5,152,000
Deferred financing costs............                   1,299,000                3,742,000   (2)           5,041,000
Total assets........................               $   3,575,000            $   8,742,000             $  12,317,000
                                              ====================     ====================       ===================

Short-term debt.....................               $  10,623,000            $ (10,623,000)  (3)       $          --


Long-term debt......................                   6,182,000                6,000,000   (4)          12,182,000
Total liabilities...................                  19,125,000               (4,623,000)               14,502,000


Common stock........................                 181,173,000                9,265,000   (5)         190,438,000
Accumulated deficit.................                (196,603,000)               4,100,000   (6)        (192,503,000)
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)                 (15,550,000)              13,365,000                (2,185,000)
                                              --------------------     --------------------       -------------------
Total liabilities and stockholders'
  equity (deficit)..................               $   3,575,000            $   8,742,000             $  12,317,000
                                              ====================     ====================       ===================



(1)  The $5,000,000 is net of the $6,000,000  cash received from the Convertible
     Debt financing  (including a $750,000 bridge loan received from an investor
     prior to closing which was converted to the  Convertible  Debt financing on
     closing) less the $1,000,000 paid to Pharmacia to terminate the $10,623,000
     short-term debt.

(2)  The  $3,742,000  adjustment  represents  the  Black-Scholes  values for the
     warrants issued to the Investors in connection  with the  Convertible  Debt
     Financing and to the Lenders for subordinating their existing debt, and the
     lowering  of the  exercise  price  of the  existing  warrants  held  by the
     Lenders.  This  amount  is  recorded  as  deferred  financing  costs  to be
     amortized over the term of the debt.

(3)  The $10,623,000 represents the reduction of the debt due to Pharmacia.

(4)  The $6,000,000  represents the amount of debt incurred from the Convertible
     Debt financing.

(5)  The pro forma adjustment to increase Common Stock by $9,265,000  represents
     the following:


                                                                                  


     Fair market value of $1.00 for the 390,000 shares issued to Pharmacia...................$  390,000
     Black-Scholes value of reducing the exercise price of Pharmacia's existing warrants.....$  151,000
     Black-Scholes value of warrants issued in connection with the Convertible Debt..........$2,772,000
     Black-Scholes value of warrants issued in connection with the 2000 Debt Agreement.......$  970,000
     Intrinsic value of the beneficial conversion feature of the Convertible Debt............$2,772,000
     Intrinsic value of the beneficial conversion feature of the 2002 Debt Agreement.........$2,210,000
                                                                                             ----------
                        Total adjustment to Common Stock.....................................$9,265,000

(6)  The pro forma  adjustment  to decrease  accumulated  deficit by  $4,100,000
     represents the following:

     Terminated short-term debt due to Pharmacia.............................................$ 10,623,000
     Cash payment made to Pharmacia..........................................................$ (1,000,000)
     Fair market value of $1.00 for the 390,000 shares issued to Pharmacia...................$   (390,000)
     Black-Scholes value of reducing the exercise price of Pharmacia's existing warrants.....$   (151,000)
     Intrinsic value of the beneficial conversion feature of the Convertible Debt............$ (2,772,000)
     Intrinsic value of the beneficial conversion feature of the 2002 Debt Agreement.........$ (2,210,000)
                                                                                            --------------
                        Total adjustment to Accumulated Deficit..............................$  4,100,000











ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS


                                                                                       


                  Exhibit Number                              Exhibit

                  Exhibit 10.1      Convertible Debt and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated August 28, 2003 between the Registrant and
                                    the Purchaser.

                  Exhibit 10.2      Subordination Agreement dated August 28, 2003 between the Registrant and the Purchaser.

                  Exhibit 10.3      Termination and Release Agreement dated August 13, 2003 between the Registrant and Pharmacia, AB

                  Exhibit 10.4      Side Letter Agreement dated August 28, 2003 between the Registrant and the Purchaser.

                  Exhibit 4.1       Form of Convertible Promissory Note between the Registrant and the Purchaser.

                  Exhibit 4.2       Form of 50% Warrant between the Registrant and the Purchaser.

                  Exhibit 4.3       Form of 25% Warrant between the Registrant and the Purchaser.

                  Exhibit 4.4       Registration Rights Agreement dated August 22, 2003 between the Registrant and the Purchaser.

                  Exhibit 4.5       Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement dated February 18, 1999.

                  Exhibit 4.6      Amendment to Warrant Agreements dated February 18, 1999.

                  Exhibit 99.1      Legal Opinion.







                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act or 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                                Miravant Medical Technologies
                                               (Registrant)

Date:  September 4, 2003

                                            By:  /s/ John M. Philpott
                                                -------------------------
                                                Name:    John M. Philpott
                                                Title:   Chief Financial Officer







                 Exhibit Index



                                                                                       


                  Exhibit Number                              Exhibit

                  Exhibit 10.1      Convertible Debt and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated August 28, 2003 between the Registrant and
                                    the Purchaser.

                  Exhibit 10.2      Subordination Agreement dated August 28, 2003 between the Registrant and the Purchaser.

                  Exhibit 10.3      Termination and Release Agreement dated August 13, 2003 between the Registrant and Pharmacia, AB

                  Exhibit 10.4      Side Letter Agreement dated August 28, 2003 between the Registrant and the Purchaser.

                  Exhibit 4.1       Form of Convertible Promissory Note between the Registrant and the Purchaser.

                  Exhibit 4.2       Form of 50% Warrant between the Registrant and the Purchaser.

                  Exhibit 4.3       Form of 25% Warrant between the Registrant and the Purchaser.

                  Exhibit 4.4       Registration Rights Agreement dated August 22, 2003 between the Registrant and the Purchaser.

                  Exhibit 4.5       Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement dated February 18, 1999.

                  Exhibit 4.6      Amendment to Warrant Agreements dated February 18, 1999.

                  Exhibit 99.1      Legal Opinion.