FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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 *   NARINE JEENARINE 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 06/03/2009 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ELITE PHARMACEUTICALS INC /DE/ [ELI] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O EPIC PHARMA, LLC, 227-15 NORTH CONDUIT AVENUE 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) LAURELTON, NY 11413 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 Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

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

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock	06/03/2009	  (4)	Common Stock	20,000,000	$ 0.2 (2)	I (1)	See Footnote (1)
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock	06/03/2009	06/03/2016	Common Stock	40,000,000	$ 0.0625 (3)	I (1)	See Footnote (1)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
NARINE JEENARINE C/O EPIC PHARMA, LLC 227-15 NORTH CONDUIT AVENUE LAURELTON, NY 11413	  X	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Jeenarine Narine		06/05/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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 Narine in the securities of Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Elite") owned by EI is limited, and Narine disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except, to the extent of his pecuniary interest in EI.
(2)	EI owns 1,000 shares of Elite's Series E Convertible Preferred Stock, each having a price of $1,000 per share and convertible, at a conversion price of $0.05 per share, into 20,000 shares of Elite's Common Stock.
(3)	EI owns warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 40,000,000 shares of Elite's Common Stock excerisable at $0.0625 per share.
(4)	Not Applicable.

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