Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
McKinley Edward J
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PHARMION CORP [PHRM] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
4 SEYMOUR WALK		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/07/2008
(Street)

LONDON, X0 SW10 9NF		 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 03/07/2008   D   110,000 D (1) 0 D  

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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
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 48.26 03/07/2008   D     25,000 10/14/2004 10/14/2014 Common Stock 25,000 (2) 0 D  
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 20.33 03/07/2008   D     5,000 06/01/2005 06/01/2015 Common Stock 5,000 (3) 0 D  
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 18.65 03/07/2008   D     7,500 06/08/2007 06/07/2016 Common Stock 7,500 (4) 0 D  
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 31.27 03/07/2008   D     7,500 06/06/2007 06/05/2017 Common Stock 7,500 (5) 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
McKinley Edward J
4 SEYMOUR WALK
LONDON, X0 SW10 9NF		   X      

Signatures

 /s/ Edward J. McKinley   03/15/2008
**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) Disposed of pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 18, 2007, by and between Pharmion Corporation, Celgene Corporation and Cobalt Acquisition LLC in exchange for $25.00 and 0.8367 shares of common stock of Celgene Corporation having a market value of $47.49 on the effective date of the merger.
(2) These options were cancelled in the merger in exchange for $146,266.32 and 4,894 shares of common stock of Celgene Corporation having a market value of $56.76 per share on the effective date of the merger, representing the merger consideration the Reporting Person would have received had the Reporting Person effected a cashless exercise of such options immediately prior to the closing of the merger.
(3) These options were cancelled in the merger in exchange for $62,972.94 and 2,107 shares of common stock of Celgene Corporation having a market value of $56.76 per share on the effective date of the merger, representing the merger consideration the Reporting Person would have received had the Reporting Person effected a cashless exercise of such options immediately prior to the closing of the merger.
(4) These options were cancelled in the merger in exchange for $97,518.38 and 3,262 shares of common stock of Celgene Corporation having a market value of $56.76 per share on the effective date of the merger, representing the merger consideration the Reporting Person would have received had the Reporting Person effected a cashless exercise of such options immediately prior to the closing of the merger.
(5) These options were cancelled in the merger in exchange for $74,683.90 and 2,497 shares of common stock of Celgene Corporation having a market value of $56.76 per share on the effective date of the merger, representing the merger consideration the Reporting Person would have received had the Reporting Person effected a cashless exercise of such options immediately prior to the closing of the merger.

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