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Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

        In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") for the year ended December 31, 2016 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), the undersigned, Ramesh Kumar, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that, based on my knowledge:

    (1)
    The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

    (2)
    The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
/s/ RAMESH KUMAR, PH.D.

Ramesh Kumar, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer
and Principal Operating Officer)
   

Dated: March 29, 2017




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CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002