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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                 Schedule 14D-9
                      SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(d)(4) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                               (AMENDMENT NO. 14)

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                               NEIGHBORCARE, INC.
                            (Name of Subject Company)

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                               NEIGHBORCARE, INC.
                      (Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)

                     Common Stock, Par Value $0.02 Per Share
                    (including the Associated Series B Junior
                 Participating Preferred Stock Purchase Rights)
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   64015Y-10-4
                      (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

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                              John F. Gaither, Esq.
              Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
                               NeighborCare, Inc.
                        601 East Pratt Street, 3rd Floor
                               Baltimore, MD 21202
                                 (410) 528-7404
 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notice and
           Communications on Behalf of the Person(s) Filing Statement)

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                                 With copies to:

                                Mark Gordon, Esq.
                         Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
                               51 West 52nd Street
                            New York, New York 10019
                                 (212) 403-1000

[ ] Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications
made before the commencement of a tender offer.

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The purpose of this amendment is to add an additional Exhibit to Item 9 in the
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 previously filed by
NeighborCare, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, on June 14, 2004, as thereafter
amended, and to revise the Exhibit Index accordingly.


ITEM 9.               EXHIBITS.

Exhibit No.           Description
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(a)(28)               Letter, dated April 6, 2005, to NeighborCare customers





                                    SIGNATURE

                  After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief,
I certify that the information set forth in this amendment is true, complete and
correct.

                                      NEIGHBORCARE, INC.

                                      By:    /s/ John F. Gaither, Jr.           
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                                             John F. Gaither, Jr.
                                             Senior Vice President,
                                             General Counsel and Secretary

                                      Dated: April 13, 2005



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                                INDEX OF EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.           Description
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(a)(28)               Letter, dated April 6, 2005, to NeighborCare customers



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