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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN 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 * NIGALAYE ASHOK G   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ELITE PHARMACEUTICALS INC /DE/ [ELI] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Scientific Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O EPIC PHARMA, LLC, 227-15 NORTH CONDUIT AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/30/2009 (Street) LAURELTON, NY 11413-3134 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Series E Convertible Preferred Stock

$ 0.05 (2)

10/30/2009

P

1,000

10/30/2009

(4)

Common Stock

20,000,000

$ 1,000

2,000 (2)

I (1)

See Footnote (1)

Warrants

$ 0.0625 (3)

10/30/2009

P

40,000,000

10/30/2009

10/30/2016

Common Stock

40,000,000

(3)

40,000,000 (3)

I (1)

See Footnote (1)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
NIGALAYE ASHOK G C/O EPIC PHARMA, LLC 227-15 NORTH CONDUIT AVENUE LAURELTON, NY 11413-3134	X	X	Chief Scientific Officer

Signatures

/s/ Ashok G. Nigalaye		11/05/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(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)	Ram Potti ("Potti"), Ashok G. Nigalaye ("Nigalaye"), and Jeenarine Narine ("Narine") are executive officers and equity owners of Epic Pharma, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("EP") and Epic Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("EI"). EP is an equity owner of EI. EP, Potti, Nigalaye and Narine share voting and investment control over, and are indirect beneficial owners of, all securities owned by EI reported herein. The interest of Nigalaye in the securities of Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Elite") owned by EI is limited, and Nigalaye disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except, to the extent of his pecuniary interest in EI.
(2)	EI (i) previously acquired 1,000 shares of Elite Series E Convertible Preferred Stock (as reflected on Form 3 filed June 12, 2009), and (ii) acquired an additional 1,000 shares of Elite Series E Convertible Preferred Stock on October 30, 2009. Each share of Elite Series E Convertible Preferred Stock was acquired by EI for a price of $1,000 per share and is convertible, at a conversion price of $0.05 per share, into 20,000 shares of Elite Common Stock. After giving effect to all such acquisitions, EI owns an aggregate of 2,000 shares of Elite Series E Convertible Preferred Stock convertible into an aggregate of 40,000,000 shares of Elite Common Stock.
(3)	EI (i) previously acquired warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 40,000,000 shares of Elite's Common Stock, which warrants expire on June 3, 2016 (as reflected on Form 3 filed June 12, 2009), and (ii) on October 30, 2009 acquired additional warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 40,000,000 additional shares of Elite's Common Stock, which warrants expire on October 30, 2016. Each such warrant is exercisable at $0.0625 per share and were acquired by EI, simultaneously with EI's corresponding purchase of Elite Series E Convertible Preferred Stock as described in footnote (2) above, without separate consideration.
(4)	N/A

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