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, 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 *   BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 12/27/2006 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NORTHFIELD LABORATORIES INC /DE/ [NFLD] (Last) (First) (Middle) 135 E. 57TH STREET, 27TH FL 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10022 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) 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 338,400 I See Footnotes (1) (2)

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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 of Derivative Security: 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
Option (right to buy)	01/04/2007	01/20/2007	NFLD Common Stock	481,400	$ 25	I	See Footnotes (1) (2)
Option (right to buy)	01/04/2007	01/20/2007	NFLD Common Stock	418,000	$ 7.5	I	See Footnotes (1) (2)
Option (right to buy)	01/04/2007	01/20/2007	NFLD Common Stock	1,526,500	$ 22.5	I	See Footnotes (1) (2)
Option (right to buy)	01/04/2007	05/19/2007	NFLD Common Stock	500	$ 17.5	I	See Footnotes (1) (2)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 135 E. 57TH STREET 27TH FL NEW YORK, NY 10022	Â	  X	Â	Â
Atlas Master Fund, Ltd. C/O BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 135 E. 57TH STREET, 27TH FL NEW YORK, NY 10022	Â	Â	Â	Group Member
Atlas Global, LLC C/O BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 135 E. 57TH STREET, 27TH FL NEW YORK, NY 10022	Â	Â	Â	Group Member
ATLAS GLOBAL INVESTMENTS LTD C/O BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 135 E. 57TH STREET, 27TH FL NEW YORK, NY 10022	Â	Â	Â	Group Member
Atlas Global Investments II, Ltd. C/O BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 135 E. 57TH STREET, 27TH FL NEW YORK, NY 10022	Â	Â	Â	Group Member
Visium Balanced Fund LP C/O BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 135 E. 57TH STREET, 27TH FL NEW YORK, NY 10022	Â	Â	Â	Group Member
VISIUM LONG BIAS FUND L P C/O BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. 135 E. 57TH STREET, 27TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10022	Â	Â	Â	Group Member
VISIUM BALANCED OFFSHORE FUND LTD C/O BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 135 E. 57TH STREET, 27TH FL NEW YORK, NY 10022	Â	Â	Â	Group Member
Balyasny Dmitry 181 W. MADISON STREET; SUITE 3600 CHICAGO, IL 60602	Â	  X	Â	Â
Visium Capital Management, LLC C/O BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 135 E. 57TH STREET, 27TH FL NEW YORK, NY 10022	Â	Â	Â	Group Member

Signatures

/s/ SCOTT SCHROEDER, AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY FOR BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT LP		01/08/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ SCOTT SCHROEDER, AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY FOR ATLAS MASTER FUND, LTD.		01/08/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ SCOTT SCHROEDER, AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY FOR ATLAS GLOBAL, LLC		01/08/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ SCOTT SCHROEDER, AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY FOR ATLAS GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, LTD.		01/08/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ SCOTT SCHROEDER, AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY FOR ATLAS GLOBAL INVESTMENTS II, LTD.		01/08/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ SCOTT SCHROEDER, AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY FOR VISIUM BALANCED FUND LP		01/08/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ SCOTT SCHROEDER, AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY FOR VISIUM LONG BIAS FUND LP		01/08/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ SCOTT SCHROEDER, AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY FOR VISIUM BALANCED OFFSHORE FUND, LTD.		01/08/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ SCOTT SCHROEDER, AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY FOR DMITRY BALYASNY		01/08/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ SCOTT SCHROEDER, AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY FOR VISIUM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC		01/08/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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)	These shares are held as follows: Atlas Master Fund, Ltd. ("AMF") owns 5.86% or 162,017 shares; Visium Balanced Fund LP ("VBF") owns 21.92% or 606,044 shares; Visium Long Bias Fund LP ("VLB") owns 9.41% or 260,168 shares; Visium Balanced Offshore Fund, Ltd. ("VBOF") owns 36.34% or 1,004,728 shares; and Visium Long Bias Offshore Fund Ltd. ("VLBOF") owns 25.85% or 714,701 shares. Additionally, Dmitry Balyasny owns 0.63% or 17,418 shares. By virtue of its position as investment advisor and/or sub-advisor to each of Atlas Master Fund, Ltd. ("AMF"), Atlas Global, LLC ("AG"), Atlas Global Investments, Ltd. ("AGI"), Atlas Global Investments II, Ltd. ("AGII"), Visium Balanced Fund LP ("VBF"), Visium Long Bias Fund LP ("VLB"), Visium Balanced Offshore Fund, Ltd. ("VBOF") and Visium Long Bias Offshore Fund Ltd. ("VLBOF"), Balyasny Asset Management LP may be deemed to beneficially own all 2,764,800 shares of Common Stock.
(2)	By virtue of Atlas Global, LLC's ("AG") ownership of 10.79% of the equity interest in AMF, AG may be deemed to beneficially own the 162,017 shares of Northfield Laboratories, Inc.'s ("NFLD") stock that is beneficially owned by AMF. By virtue of Atlas Global Investments, Ltd. ("AGI") ownership of 83.72% of the equity interest in AMF, AGI may be deemed to beneficially own the 162,017 shares of NFLD stock that is beneficially owned by AMF. By virtue of Atlas Global Investments II, Ltd. ("AGII") ownership of 5.48% of the equity interest in AMF, AGII may be deemed to beneficially own the 162,017 shares of NFLD stock that is beneficially owned by AMF.

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