Elite Pharmaceuticals Inc /DE/ - Current report filing (8-K)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

September 29, 2008
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

ELITE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-15697	22-3542636
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(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

165 Ludlow Avenue, Northvale, New Jersey 07647
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(Address of principal executive offices)

(201) 750-2646
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(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01. Other Events

On September 29, 2008 the Registrant issued a press release announcing the acceptance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) of the Abbreviated New Drug Application for a generic equivalent of a synthetic narcotic analgesic drug product that was filed with the FDA in collaboration with ThePharmaNetwork, LLC.

A copy of the Press Release, dated September 29, 2008, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

	a)	Not applicable.

	b)	Not applicable.

	c)	Not applicable.

	d)	Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Exhibit

99.1		Press Release, dated September 29, 2008

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: October 1, 2008