Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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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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(Print or Type Responses)
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. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/31/2011
(Street)

LAURELTON, NY 11413		 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 $ 0.0305 03/31/2011   P   1,000   03/31/2011   (4) Common Stock 32,784,623 $ 1,000 3,062.5 (2) I (1) See Footnote (1)
Warrants $ 0.0625 03/31/2011   P   40,000,000   03/31/2011 03/30/2018 Common Stock 40,000,000 $ 0 120,000,000 (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		   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 the issuer ("Elite") Series E Convertible Preferred Stock ("Series E CPS") on 6/3/2009 (as reflected on Form 3 filed on 6/12/2009) for a price of $1,000 per share and is convertible into 20,000,000 shares of Elite Common Stock ("Elite CS") at a conversion price of $0.05 per share, (ii) acquired an additional 1,000 shares of Elite Series E CPS on 10/30/2009 (as reflected on Form 4 filed 11/5/2009) for a price of $1,000 per share and is convertible into 20,000,000 shares of Elite CS at a conversion price of $0.05 per share, (iii) acquired an additional 62.5 shares of Elite Series E CPS on 9/29/2010 (as reflected on Form 5 filed 4/28/2011) for a price of $62.5 per share and is convertible into 1,472,553 shares of Elite CS at a conversion price of $0.0424 per share, and (iv) acquired 1,000 shares of Elite Series E CPS on 3/31/2011 for a price of $1,000 per share and is convertible into 32,784,623 shares of Elite CS at a conversion price of $0.0305 per share.
(3) EI (i) on June 3, 2009 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), (ii) on October 30, 2009 acquired additional warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 40,000,000 shares of Elite's Common Stock, which warrants expire on October 30, 2016 (as reflected on Form 4 filed October 30, 2009, as amended upon the filing of Form 4/A filed April 28, 2011), and (iii) on March 31, 2011 acquired additional warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 40,000,000 additional shares of Elite's Common Stock, which warrants expire on March 30, 2018. 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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