U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                     FORM 4

                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    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(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[_]  Check box if no longer  subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
     may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

    Lanis                            Nancy               F.
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   (Last)                           (First)             (Middle)

    150 Motor Parkway
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                                    (Street)

    Hauppauge                        New York             11788
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)

    Curative Health Services, Inc.  (Cure)
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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol



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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)


     January 2002
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4.   Statement for Month/Year



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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)


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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     [ ]  Director                             [_]  10% Owner
     [X]  Officer (give title below)           [ ]  Other (specify below)

     Sr. Vice President and General Counsel
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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)

     [X]  Form filed by one Reporting Person
     [_]  Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                                                6.
                                                                 4.                              5.             Owner-
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Amount of      ship
                                                    3.           Disposed of (D)                 Securities     Form:     7.
                                                    Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Beneficially   Direct    Nature of
                                      2.            Code         ------------------------------- Owned at End   (D) or    Indirect
1.                                    Transaction   (Instr. 8)                   (A)             of Month       Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security                     Date          ------------     Amount      or     Price    (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                            (mm/dd/yy)     Code     V                  (D)             and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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 Common Stock                          1/25/02        M               5,000       A      19.55    5,000          D
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*    If the Form is filed by more than one  Reporting  Person,  see  Instruction
     4(b)(v).

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
          owned directly or indirectly.

                            (Print or Type Response)                      (Over)




FORM 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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                                                                                                                     10.
                                                                                                           9.        Owner-
                                                                                                           Number    ship
                                                                                                           of        Form
                    2.                                                                                     Deriv-    of
                    Conver-                    5.                              7.                          ative     Deriv-  11.
                    sion                       Number of                       Title and Amount            Secur-    ative   Nature
                    or                         Derivative    6.                of Underlying      8.       ities     Secur-  of
                    Exer-             4.       Securities    Date              Securities         Price    Bene-     ity:    In-
                    cise     3.       Trans-   Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)   of       ficially  Direct  direct
                    Price    Trans-   action   or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------   Deriv-   Owned     (D) or  Bene-
1.                  of       action   Code     of(D)         (Month/Day/Year)            Amount   ative    at End    In-     ficial
Title of            Deriv-   Date     (Instr.  (Instr. 3,    ----------------            or       Secur-   of        direct  Owner-
Derivative          ative    (Month/  8)       4 and 5)      Date     Expira-            Number   ity      Month     (I)     ship
Security            Secur-   Day/     ------   ------------  Exer-    tion               of       (Instr.  (Instr.   (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3)          ity      Year)    Code V    (A)   (D)    cisable  Date     Title     Shares   5)       4)        4)      4)
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 Incentive                                                                      Common
 Stock Options       19.55    1/18/02  A         75,000      (1)      1/18/12   Stock     75,000   19.55    -         D
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 Incentive                                                                      Common
 Stock Options       19.55    1/25/02  M               5,000  1/25/02 1/18/12   Stock     75,000   19.55    70,000    D
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Explanation of Responses:  (1) Incentive Stock Options granted pursuant to
Curative Health Services, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan.


        /s/ John C. Prior                                   February 11, 2002
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            John C. Prior                                         Date
         (Attorney in Fact)
      **Signature of Reporting Person


**     Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
       Criminal Violations.

See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.


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