UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 10-Q

                                  
             (X) QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                      THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
                FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
                                       OR
          ( ) TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
                 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ______ TO ______



                         Commission File Number 2-98260
                         PAINEWEBBER R&D PARTNERS, L.P.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



                    DELAWARE                                 13-3304143
         (State or other jurisdiction of                  (I.R.S. Employer
         incorporation or organization)                  Identification No.)


 1285 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NEW YORK                10019
    (Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 713-2000

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      Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No

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                         PAINEWEBBER R&D PARTNERS, L.P.
                        (A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)


                                    FORM 10-Q
                               SEPTEMBER 30, 1997

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS


PART I.   FINANCIAL INFORMATION                                     Page

Item 1.   Financial Statements

          Statements of Financial Condition (unaudited) at            2
          September 30, 1997 and December 31, 1996

          Statements of Operations
          (unaudited) for the three months and nine months
          ended September 30, 1997 and 1996                           3

          Statement of Changes in Partners' Deficit
          (unaudited) for the nine months ended
          September 30, 1997                                          4

          Statements of Cash Flows
          (unaudited) for the nine months ended
          September 30, 1997 and 1996                                 5

          Notes to Financial Statements
          (unaudited)                                                 6-9

Item 2.   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
          Condition and Results of Operations                         10

PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.   Legal Proceedings                                           11

Item 6.   Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K                            11

          Signatures                                                  12

All schedules are omitted either because they are not applicable or the
information required to be submitted has been included in the financial
statements or notes thereto.



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                         PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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PAINEWEBBER R&D PARTNERS, L.P.
(A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
(UNAUDITED)
                                                September 30,     December 31,
                                                    1997              1996
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 Assets:

       Cash                                    $        799      $    22,634
 
       Royalty income receivable                      1,000            2,200
                                               ------------      -----------
 Total assets                                  $      1,799      $    24,834
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 Liabilities and partners' deficit:

       Accrued liabilities                     $     43,909      $    38,761

       Partners' deficit                            (42,110)         (13,927)
                                               ------------      -----------
 Total liabilities and partners' deficit       $      1,799      $    24,834
                                               ============      ===========


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 See notes to financial statements.

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 PAINEWEBBER R&D PARTNERS, L.P.
 (A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

 STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 (UNAUDITED)

For the three months ended  September 30,               1997            1996
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Revenues:
       Interest income                              $       110      $      814
       Income from product development project              176           1,736
                                                    ------------     -----------
                                                            286           2,550
                                                    ------------     -----------
Expenses:
       General and administrative costs                  21,249          46,108
                                                    ------------     -----------


Net loss                                            $   (20,963)     $  (43,558)
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Net loss per partnership unit:
       Limited partners (based on 37,799 units)     $     --         $    (1.14)
       General partner                              $(20,963.00)     $  (435.58)

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 For the nine months ended September 30,               1997             1996
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Revenues:
       Interest income                              $       788      $    4,015
       Income from product development project            1,714           4,764
                                                    ------------     -----------
                                                          2,502           8,779
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 Expenses:
      General and administrative costs                   88,992         109,447
                                                    ------------     -----------

Net loss                                            $   (86,490)     $ (100,668)
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Net loss per partnership unit:
       Limited partners (based on 37,799 units)     $     --         $    (2.64)
       General partner                              $(86,490.00)     $(1,006.68)
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See notes to financial statements.

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PAINEWEBBER R&D PARTNERS, L.P.
(A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN PARTNERS' DEFICIT
(UNAUDITED)
                          
For the nine months ended               Limited        General
  September 30, 1997                    Partners       Partner         Total
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Balance at January 1, 1997             $        -     $  (13,927)    $  (13,927)

Net loss                                        -        (86,490)       (86,490)
General Partner contribution                    -         46,848         58,307

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Balance at  September 30, 1997         $        -     $  (53,569)    $  (42,110)
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See notes to financial statements.
PAINEWEBBER R&D PARTNERS, L.P.
(A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)

For the nine months ended September 30,                  1997            1996
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Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss                                          $   (86,490)    $  (100,668)

Decrease (increase) in operating assets:
  Marketable securities                                     -          71,900
  Interest receivable                                       -             581
  Royalty income receivable                             1,200          (1,736)

Increase (decrease) in operating liabilities:
  Accrued liabilities                                   5,148         (40,117)

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Cash used for operating activities                    (80,142)        (70,040)
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Cash flows from financing activities:
  Contribution by General Partner                      58,307          20,713
                                                  ------------    ------------
Cash provided by financing activities                  58,307          20,713
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Decrease in cash                                      (21,835)        (49,327)

Cash at beginning of period                            22,634          74,542
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Cash at end of period                             $       799     $    25,215
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Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
The Partnership paid no cash for interest or taxes during the nine months ended
September 30, 1997 and 1996.
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See notes to financial statements.

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                         PAINEWEBBER R&D PARTNERS, L.P.
                        (A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

                          NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                   (UNAUDITED)



1.    ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS

      The financial information as of and for the periods ended September 30,
1997 and 1996 is unaudited. However, in the opinion of management of PaineWebber
R&D Partners, L.P. (the "Partnership"), such information includes all
adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring accruals, necessary for a fair
presentation. The results of operations reported for the interim periods ended
September 30, 1997, are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for
the year ended December 31, 1997. These financial statements should be read in
conjunction with the most recent annual report of the Partnership on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 1996 and the previously issued quarterly reports
on Forms 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31 and June 30, 1997.

      The Partnership is a Delaware limited partnership that commenced
operations on March 6, 1986 with a total of $62.1 million available for
investment. PWDC Holding Company is the general partner of PaineWebber
Technologies, L.P. (the "General Partner"), which is the general partner of the
Partnership. PWDC Holding Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Paine Webber
Development Corporation ("PWDC"), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Paine
Webber Group Inc. The Partnership will terminate on December 31, 1998 unless its
term is extended or reduced by the General Partner. The principal objective of
the Partnership was to provide long-term capital appreciation to investors
through investing in the development and commercialization of new products with
technology companies ("Sponsor Companies"), which were expected to address
significant market opportunities.

      The General Partner has commenced with the dissolution of the
Partnership's assets but does not intend to terminate the Partnership until a
lawsuit with Centocor, Inc. ("Centocor") has been fully resolved (see Note 5).
On April 1, 1995, the Partnership distributed its contingent payment rights
("CPR") due from Amgen Inc. ("Amgen") through the year 2005 from the sale of
Neupogen(R) to its General Partner and limited partners (the "Limited Partners",
collectively, the "Partners"), but continued to receive CPR payments on account
of, and for payment to, the Partners. Such continuing CPR payments are no longer
available to pay any expenses of the Partnership. In December 1996, the
Partnership and Amgen entered into a Consent Agreement permitting PWDC to assume
the ongoing responsibility for receiving the CPR payments and making the
corresponding payments to the Partners. Currently, the Partnership does not have
available sufficient cash flow to meet working capital requirements (consisting
primarily of expenses relating to the dissolution of the Partnership). The
General Partner is making, and will continue to make, capital contributions to
the Partnership to fund working capital deficits until such time as the
Partnership is terminated.


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      All distributions to the Partners from the Partnership have been made pro
rata in accordance with their respective net capital contributions. The
following table sets forth the proportion of each distribution to be received by
the Limited Partners and the General Partner, respectively:

                                                           LIMITED      GENERAL
                                                           PARTNERS     PARTNER
                                                           --------     -------
 
     I.   Until the value of the aggregate
          distributions for each limited
          partnership unit ("Unit") equals $1,850
          plus interest on such amount accrued at
          5% per annum, compounded annually
          ("Contribution Payout"). At September
          30, 1997, Contribution Payout was $3,243
          per Unit................................            99%        1%

     II.  After Contribution Payout and until the
          value of the aggregate distributions for
          each Unit equals $9,250 ("Final
          Payout").................................           80%       20%

     III. After Final Payout.......................           75%       25%


     For the nine months ended September 30, 1997, the Partnership made no cash
or security distributions. As of September 30, 1997, the Partnership has made
cash and security distributions, as valued on the dates of distribution, since
inception of $889 and $593 per Unit, respectively. The cash and security
distributions do not include distributions made in connection with the CPR
through September 30, 1997, totaling $309 per Unit.

      Effective February 1997, the General Partner removed the previously
imposed restrictions on the transferability of Units to permit, subject to the
approval of the General Partner, transfers in addition to those that occur as a
result of the laws of descent and distribution or by operation of law.

2.    SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

      The financial statements are prepared in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles which require management to make certain
estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial
statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.

3.    RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

      PWDC and PaineWebber Incorporated and it affiliates, have acted in an
investment banking capacity for several of the Sponsor Companies. In addition,
PWDC and its affiliates have had direct limited partnership interests in the
same product development limited partnerships as the Partnership.

4.    INCOME TAXES

     The Partnership is not subject to federal, state or local income taxes.
Accordingly, the individual Partners are required to report their distributive
shares of realized income or loss on their individual federal and state income
tax returns.

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                         PAINEWEBBER R&D PARTNERS, L.P.
                        (A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

                          NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                   (UNAUDITED)

5.    LEGAL PROCEEDING

      In July 1995, the Partnership commenced an action in the Supreme Court of
the State of New York (the "Court") against Centocor arising out of Centocor's
July 1992 transactions with Eli Lilly & Company ("Lilly"). In April 1996, the
Court granted Centocor's motion to dismiss the action on the grounds that New
York was an inconvenient forum. Accordingly, the Partnership refiled its claims
in Delaware Superior Court.

      In 1986, the Partnership and others purchased limited partnership
interests in Centocor Partners II, L.P. ("CP II"), a limited partnership formed
to develop and sell Centoxin, a Centocor drug. On February 21, 1992, Centocor
exercised its option to purchase all of the limited partnership interests in CP
II, including those held by the Partnership. The purchase agreement provided
that Centocor would thereafter pay to the former limited partners 50% of
Centocor's revenues from the licensing or sublicensing of Centoxin and 8% of
Centocor's revenues from Centoxin sales, with such payments to be made on the
last business day of the calendar quarter in which they were earned.

      In July 1992, Centocor entered into a set of agreements with Lilly for the
stated purposes of Lilly making an equity investment in Centocor and furthering
the testing and eventual distribution of Centoxin. Pursuant to those agreements,
Lilly paid Centocor a total of $100 million, and Centocor conveyed to Lilly,
among other things, two million shares of Centocor common stock, exclusive
marketing rights to Centoxin and an option to acquire exclusive marketing rights
to CentoRx (now ReoPro), another Centocor drug.

      The Partnership's complaint alleges, among other things, that part of the
$100 million paid by Lilly constitutes revenues to Centocor from the licensing,
sublicensing and/or sale of Centoxin, and that Centocor is obligated to pay a
percentage of that part to the former limited partners of CP II, including the
Partnership. The Partnership is seeking to proceed on behalf of itself and all
other former limited partners of CP II whose interests were acquired by Centocor
in February 1992 (the "Class"). The complaint seeks damages, interest and
expenses. Centocor has taken the positions that: it is not obligated to make any
further payments to former limited partners of CP II and the Partnership is not
a proper Class representative.

      In February 1996, Jerome Petrisko, another former limited partner of CP
II, commenced a purported class action in the Court of Common Pleas of the State
of Pennsylvania against Centocor and Lilly. The claims in that action are
similar to those asserted in the Partnership's complaint. In March 1997, Mr.
Petrisko filed a second action in Delaware Superior Court, which action has been
consolidated with the Partnership's action. The Delaware Superior Court granted
motions by the Partnership and Mr. Petrisko for class certification. In
September 1997, Mr. Petrisko dismissed his Pennsylvania action. The trial of
this action is presently scheduled to commence on March 16, 1998.

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 (NOTE 5 CONTINUED)

      PWDC has been advancing, and may continue to advance, the funds necessary
to pay the Partnership's legal fees and expenses relating to this action. In the
event of a recovery on behalf of the Class, the Court may award legal fees and
expenses to the Partnership's counsel, to be paid out of the recovery. The
amounts of any recovery and award of legal fees and expenses cannot be estimated
at this time. It is anticipated that: the net proceeds of any recovery will be
distributed to the members of the Class, including the Partnership, on a pro
rata basis; the Partnership and/or its counsel will reimburse PWDC; and any
remaining Partnership proceeds will be distributed to the Partners of the
Partnership on a pro rata basis.

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ITEM 2.   MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
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          RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

      Partners' deficit was $14,000 at December 31, 1996, as compared to $42,100
at September 30, 1997, resulting from a net loss of $86,400 offset by a
contribution from the General Partner of $58,300. The Partnership does not have
available sufficient cash flow to meet working capital requirements consisting
primarily of expenses relating to the dissolution of the Partnership. Therefore,
the General Partner is making, and will continue to make, capital contributions
to the Partnership to fund working capital deficits.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

      Three months ended September 30, 1997 compared to the three months ended
      ------------------------------------------------------------------------
September 30, 1996:
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      The net loss for the quarter ended September 30, 1997, approximated
$21,000 compared to a net loss of $43,600 for the quarter ended September 30,
1996. Revenues for the Partnership consisted of minimal amounts received from a
product development project and interest income earned on cash balances.
Expenses consisted of general and administrative costs incurred in connection
with the dissolution of the Partnership.

      Nine months ended September 30, 1997 compared to the nine months ended
      ----------------------------------------------------------------------
September 30, 1996:
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      The net loss for the six months ended September 30, 1997 and 1996 was
$86,400 and $100,700, respectively. Revenues for the Partnership consisted of
minimal amounts received from a product development project and interest income
earned on cash balances. Expenses consisted of general and administrative costs
incurred in connection with the dissolution of the Partnership.

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                          PART II - OTHER INFORMATION



ITEM 1.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
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           ACTION AGAINST CENTOCOR, INC.
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                 Information regarding this action was disclosed on the
            Partnership's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996 and the
            Partnership's Forms 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31 and June
            30, 1997. On October 9, 1997, the Delaware Superior Court granted
            motions by the Partnership and another former limited partner of
            Centocor Partners II, L.P. for class certification. The trial of
            this action is presently scheduled to commence on March 16, 1998.

           IN RE: PAINEWEBBER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP LITIGATION
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                 Information regarding this action was disclosed on the
           Partnership's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996 and the
           Partnership's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1997.

ITEM 6.    EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.
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           A)    EXHIBITS:

                 None

           B)    REPORTS ON FORM 8-K:

                 None.

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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on this 14th day of
November 1997.

                  PAINEWEBBER R&D PARTNERS, L.P.


                  By:    PaineWebber Technologies, L.P.
                         (General Partner)


                  By:    PWDC Holding Company
                         (general partner of the General Partner)



                  By:    Dhananjay M. Pai/s/
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                         Dhananjay M. Pai
                         President*



                  By:    Anthony M. DiIorio/s/
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                         Anthony M. DiIorio
                         Principal Financial and Accounting Officer*
 
*  The capacities listed are with respect to PWDC Holding Company as well as
   PWDC, the parent company of PWDC Holding Company.