Ownership Submission
FORM 5
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Form 3 Holdings Reported
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

ANNUAL 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/ [eltp] 		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. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended (Month/Day/Year)
03/31/2011
(Street)


LAURELTON, NY 11413		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting
(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 at end of Issuer's Fiscal Year
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
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 at End of Issuer's Fiscal Year
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
(A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock $ 0.0424 09/29/2010   P 62.5   09/29/2010   (3) Common Stock
1,472,553 (2)
$ 1,000 2,062.5
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		   X   X   Chief Scientific Officer  

Signatures

Ashok G. Nigalaye 04/29/2011
**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) Ashok G. Nigalaye is an equity owner and executive officer of each of Epic Pharma, LLC ("EP"), and Epic Investments, LLC ("EI") (which is controlled by EP), which owns securities convertible into or exercisable for in excess of 10% of the outstanding shares of common stock of the issuer, and also serves as a director of the issuer.
(2) EI (i) acquired 1,000 shares of Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc., ("Elite") Series E Convertible Preferred Stock on June 3, 2009 (as reflected on Form 3 filed on June 5, 2009) for a price of $1,000 per share and is convertible into 20,000,000 shares of Elite Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.05 per share, (ii) acquired an additional 1,000 shares of Elite Series E Convertible Preferred Stock on October 30, 2009 (as reflected on Form 4 filed November 5, 2009) for a price of $1,000 per share and is convertible into 20,000,000 shares of Elite Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.05 per share, (iii) and acquired an additional 62.5 shares of Elite Series E Convertible Preferred Stock on September 29, 2010 for a price of $62.5 per share and is convertible into 1,472,553 shares of Elite's Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.0424 per share.
(3) N/A

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