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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000910680-01-500007.txt : 20010426
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000910680-01-500007
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	424B3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20010425

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BENTLEY PHARMACEUTICALS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000821616
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				591513162
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		424B3
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	033-65125
		FILM NUMBER:		1610296

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		65 LAFAYETTE RD  3RD FLR
		CITY:			NORTH HAMPTON
		STATE:			NH
		ZIP:			03862
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6039648006

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		65 LAFAYETTE RD 3RD FLR
		CITY:			NORTH HAMPTON
		STATE:			NH
		ZIP:			03862

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BELMAC CORP /FL/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<TYPE>424B3
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>psupp.txt
<DESCRIPTION>PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
<TEXT>


                   Supplement to Prospectus Dated May 19, 1997

                                                           Dated: April 16, 2001
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                        3,450,000 shares of Common Stock
           (Issuable upon the exercise of Class B Redeemable Warrants)

                          BENTLEY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

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          Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company") has extended the term of
each of the Company's Class B Redeemable Warrants (the "Class B Warrants") by an
additional 504 days. The Warrant  Expiration  Date shall now mean 5:00 P.M. (New
York time) on December 31, 2002,  extended from the original  expiration date of
February 14, 2001 and the interim expiration date of August 14, 2001. Each Class
B Warrant  may be  exercised  by the holder  thereof at any time  before the new
Warrant  Expiration Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in the Warrant  Agreement,  dated  February 14, 1996, by and between the Company
and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
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