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 *   JOHNSON GARRY D 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 02/22/2012 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BIOCLINICA INC [BIOC] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O BIOCLINICA, INC., 826 NEWTOWN-YARDLEY ROAD 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) EVP and CTO 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) NEWTOWN, PA 18940 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ 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)

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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 to purchase common stock	  (1)	  (1)	Common Stock	30,000 (1)	$ (1)	D	Â
Restricted Stock Units	  (2)	  (2)	Common Stock	60,000	$ (3)	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
JOHNSON GARRY D C/O BIOCLINICA, INC. 826 NEWTOWN-YARDLEY ROAD NEWTOWN, PA 18940	Â	Â	  EVP and CTO	Â

Signatures

/s/ Maria T. Kraus as attorney-in-fact		02/29/2012
**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)	Includes multiple option grants with different exercise prices and vesting dates.
(2)	Represents the February 10, 2012 grant of 60,000 restricted stock units, granted pursuant to the Company's 2010 Stock Incentive Plan. One-sixteenth of the RSU Award will vest every three months beginning on May 11, 2012 and ending on February 11, 2016 upon Participant's continuation of service through each such vesting date. The shares of Common Stock underlying the RSU Award will be issued on the vesting date or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter.
(3)	Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock of BioClinica, Inc. (the "Company"), par value $0.00025
  Remarks: Mr. Johnson was elected as an Executive officer of the Company on February 22, 2012.

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