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              As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
                                on July 19, 1996


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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                      IMMULOGIC PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                    DELAWARE                               13-3397957
         (State or other jurisdiction of                (I.R.S. Employer
          incorporation or organization)               Identification No.)

                610 LINCOLN STREET, WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS 02154
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                        1993 DIRECTOR'S STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                RICHARD N. SMALL
                   VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                      IMMULOGIC PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION
                               610 LINCOLN STREET
                          WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS 02154
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                   (617) 466-6000
              (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                     Proposed   Proposed
         Title of                    maximum    maximum
         securities     Amount       offering   aggregate    Amount of
         to be          to be        price      offering     registration
         registered     registered   per share  price        fee
         ----------     ----------   ---------  ---------    ------------

         Common Stock,   100,000     $7.00(1)   $700,000(1)  $242.00
         $.01 par        shares
         value

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         (1)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
              fee, and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
              Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on July 17, 1996 in
              accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of
              1933.

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         Statement of Incorporation by Reference
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              This Registration Statement on Form S-8 incorporates by reference
         the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No.
         33-89022, relating to the Registrant's 1993 Director's Stock
         Option Plan.

























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                                   SIGNATURES

              Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
         certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
         of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
         Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
         thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Waltham, Commonwealth of
         Massachusetts on the 18th day of July, 1996.


                                       IMMULOGIC PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION



                                       By: /s/ Robert J. Gerety
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                                          Robert J. Gerety, M.D., Ph.D.
                                          President and
                                          Chief Executive Officer



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

              We, the undersigned officers and directors of ImmuLogic
         Pharmaceutical Corporation Inc. hereby severally constitute Robert J.
         Gerety, Richard N. Small and Stacey L. Channing, and each of them
         singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each
         of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities
         indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith
         and any and all subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement,
         and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in our
         capacities as officers and directors to enable ImmuLogic Pharmaceutical
         Corporation to comply with all requirements of the Securities and
         Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as
         they may be signed by said attorneys, or any of them, to said
         Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.
















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              Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this
         Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons
         in the capacities and on the date indicated.

       Signature                            Title                    Date
       ---------                            -----                    ----


       /s/ Robert J. Gerety             President, Chief        )
       -----------------------------    Executive Officer       )
       Robert J. Gerety, M.D., Ph.D.    and Director            )
                                        (Principal Executive    )
                                        Officer)                )
                                                                )
                                                                )
       /s/ Richard N. Small             Vice President,         )
       -----------------------------    Chief Financial Officer )
       Richard N. Small                 (Principal Financial    )
                                        and Accounting Officer) )
                                                                )
                                                                )
       /s/ Malcolm L. Gefter            Director                )
       -----------------------------                            )
       Malcolm L. Gefter, Ph.D.                                 )
                                                                )
                                                                )
                                                                )
                                                                )
       /s/ Alan J. Dalby                Director                )
       -----------------------------                            )
       Alan J. Dalby                                            )
                                                                ) July 18, 1996
                                                                )               
                                                                )               
                                                                )               
       /s/ M Howard Jacobson            Director                )
       -----------------------------                            )
       M Howard Jacobson                                        )
                                                                )
                                                                )
                                                                )
                                                                )
       /s/ Kenneth L. Melmon            Director                )
       -----------------------------                            )
       Kenneth L. Melmon, M.D.                                  )
                                                                )
                                                                )
                                                                )
                                                                )
       /s/ Larry Soll                   Director                )
       -----------------------------                            )
       Larry Soll, Ph.D.                                        )
                                                                )
                                                                )
                                                                )
                                                                )





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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
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    Exhibit
    Number       Description                                         
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     4.1 *       By-Laws of the Registrant                           
                                                                     
     4.2 *       Specimen Certificate of Common Stock of             
                 the Registrant                                      
                                                                     
     4.3 **      Rights Agreement, dated as of July 11, 1995,        
                 between the Registrant and the First National       
                 Bank of Boston, as Rights Agent, as amended         
                                                                     
     5           Opinion of Hale and Dorr                            
                                                                     
    23.1         Consent of Hale and Dorr (included in Exhibit 5)    
                                                                     
    23.2         Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.                 
                                                                     
    24           Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages  
                 of this Registration Statement)                     
















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         *    Incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant's
              Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-39592).

         **   Incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant's Current
              Report on Form 8-K dated July 11, 1995.