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

                                   FORM 8-K/A

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

                                 March 30, 2005
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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                    333-45241                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)



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

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This Amendment No. 3 to the Form 8K amends the Form 8K, dated March 30, 2005 and
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on April 5,
2005 (the  "Original  Filing"),  as amended by  Amendment  No. 1 to the Form 8K,
dated March 30, 2005 and filed with the  Commission  on May 10, 2005, as amended
by Amendment No. 2 to the Form 8K, dated March 30, 2005, as amended by Amendment
No. 3 on July 20,  2005 and filed with the  Commission  on July 20, 2005 for the
purpose of further  amending  Exhibit 10.1.  Except as indicated below and filed
herewith,  the  exhibits  listed  below were filed as exhibits  to the  Original
Filing.

ITEM 1.01.  ENTRY INTO MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

         On March 30, 2005, Elite Pharmaceuticals,  Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the  "REGISTRANT")  wholly owned  subsidiary  entered into an agreement  with a
privately held specialty  dermatological  marketing company and a privately held
boutique formulation  development company for the development and marketing of a
generic controlled release drug delivery system; the drug to be produced will be
a broad spectrum antibiotic used against a wide variety of bacterial infections.
The agreement  provides for the  development  and manufacture of the drug by the
Registrant  and its sale to the  marketing  company  for  distribution,  and the
formulation development company to be responsible for the requisite submissions,
if any to the FDA. The Registrant is to share in profits,  if any, from sales of
the drug.  Prior to obtaining an ANDA,  the  agreement  may be terminated by the
marketing company at any time upon 30 days notice.

         The  drug  is  a  generic  equivalent  to a  branded  drug,  which  the
Registrant believes has addressable market revenues of approximately $80 million
per year.

ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

         c)   Exhibits

              10.1     Product   Development,   Manufacturing  and  Distribution
                       Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2004*

              99.1.    Copy of Press Release, dated April 5, 2005



* The  Registrant  has  requested  confidential  treatment  with  respect to the
referenced exhibit. In the event that the Commission should deny such request in
whole or in part, such exhibit or the relevant  portions  thereof shall be filed
by amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K.



                                    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: September 27, 2005

                                              ELITE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.


                                              By: /s/ Bernard Berk
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                                                  Name:  Bernard Berk
                                                  Title: Chief Executive Officer