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*

Massey                              Richard                J.
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   (Last)                           (First)             (Middle)

c/o IGEN International, Inc.     16020 Industrial Drive
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                                    (Street)

Gaithersburg                           MD                   20877
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)


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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol


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



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4.   Statement for Month/Year


August 2002
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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

August 2002
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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

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

President & COO
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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                          8/1/02          M               5,333(1)    A      $18.75    1,015,716(2)      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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Option to Buy        $18.75    8/1/02   M             5,333   (3)     8/1/2010  Common    5,333   $18.75    0
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Option to Buy        $37.91    6/4/02   A       50,000        (4)     6/4/2012  Common   50,000   $37.91   50,000     D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1)     Includes 3,200 shares of common stock that were issued under an early
        exercise feature in the Option granted to Dr. Massey, subject to a
        repurchase right in favor of the Company at the option exercise price
        in the event that the holder's employment with IGEN terminates prior to
        vesting.
(2)     Includes 15,200 shares of common stock that were issued under an early
        exercise feature in the option granted to Dr. Massey, subject to a
        repurchase right in favor of the Company at the option exercise price
        in the event that the holder's employment with IGEN terminates prior to
        vesting.
(3)     Incentive Stock Option granted under the Issuer's 1994 Stock Option
        Plan.  Option vests 20% one year from the date of grant and then an
        additional 5% vest each quarter thereafter.
(4)     Option granted under the Issuer's 1994 Stock Option Plan.  Option vests
        20% one year from the date of grant and then an additional 5% vest each
        quarter thereafter.  Includes grant of 2,637 shares issued under an
        Incentive Stock Option and grant of 47,363 shares issued under a Non-
        Qualified Stock Option.

/s/ Richard J. Massey                                           8/23/02
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      **Signature of Reporting Person                             Date


**     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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