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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2013-03-12</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>1</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000822418</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BIOCLINICA INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BIOC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001520136</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LoCastro Marcella</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O BIOCLINICA, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>826 NEWTOWN-YARDLEY ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEWTOWN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>PA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>18940</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2013-03-12</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>U</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>27750</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>7.25</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Of such amount, 3,000 shares automatically vested and 24,500 shares were issued to the filing person and were paid for in connection with the change in control that occurred upon the acceptance of shares pursuant to the tender offer (the &quot;Offer&quot;) which was launched in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated January 29, 2013 by and among BioCore Holdings, Inc., BC Acquisition Corp. (&quot;Purchaser&quot;) and BioClinica, Inc.  On March 12, 2013, all shares which were tendered by the filing person in connection with the Offer were accepted by the Purchaser.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Maria T. Kraus as attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-03-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
