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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 * LANDINE MICHAEL J   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ALKERMES INC [ALKS] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) SVP Corporate Development (Last) (First) (Middle) 88 SIDNEY STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/15/2007 (Street) CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 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
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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
Non-qualified stock option (right to buy)	$ 16.69	11/15/2007		D(1)			56,036	10/28/2000	10/28/2009	Common Stock	56,036	$ 0	0 (1)	D
Non-qualified stock option (right to buy)	$ 16.69	11/15/2007		A(2)		56,036		(3)	10/28/2009	Common Stock	56,036	$ 0	56,036	D
Non-qualified stock option (right to buy)	$ 29.31	11/15/2007		D(1)			66,589	11/20/2001	11/20/2010	Common Stock	66,589	$ 0	0 (1)	D
Non-qualified stock option (right to buy)	$ 29.31	11/15/2007		A(2)		66,589		(3)	11/20/2010	Common Stock	66,589	$ 0	66,589	D
Non-qualified stock option (right to buy)	$ 19.4	11/15/2007		D(1)			15,465	10/02/2002	10/02/2011	Common Stock	15,465	$ 0	0 (1)	D
Non-qualified stock option (right to buy)	$ 19.4	11/15/2007		A(2)		15,465		(3)	10/02/2011	Common Stock	15,465	$ 0	15,465	D
Non-qualified stock option (right to buy)	$ 14.57	11/15/2007		D(1)			30,625	10/17/2004	10/17/2013	Common Stock	30,625	$ 0	0 (1)	D
Non-qualified stock option (right to buy)	$ 14.57	11/15/2007		A(2)		30,625		(3)	10/17/2013	Common Stock	30,625	$ 0	30,625	D
Non-qualified stock option (right to buy)	$ 14.9	11/15/2007		D(1)			61,861	12/17/2005	12/17/2014	Common Stock	61,861	$ 0	0 (1)	D
Non-qualified stock option (right to buy)	$ 14.9	11/15/2007		A(2)		61,861		(4)	12/17/2014	Common Stock	61,861	$ 0	61,861	D
Non-qualified stock option (right to buy)	$ 18.6	11/15/2007		D(1)			28,374	12/09/2006	12/09/2015	Common Stock	28,374	$ 0	0 (1)	D
Non-qualified stock option (right to buy)	$ 18.6	11/15/2007		A(2)		28,374		(5)	12/09/2015	Common Stock	28,374	$ 0	28,374	D
Non-qualified stock option (right to buy)	$ 20.79	11/15/2007		D(1)			12,657	05/02/2007	05/02/2016	Common Stock	12,657	$ 0	0 (1)	D
Non-qualified stock option (right to buy)	$ 20.79	11/15/2007		A(2)		12,657		(6)	05/02/2016	Common Stock	12,657	$ 0	12,657	D
Non-qualified stock option (right to buy)	$ 14.38	11/15/2007		D(1)			29,145	12/12/2007	12/12/2016	Common Stock	29,145	$ 0	0 (1)	D
Non-qualified stock option (right to buy)	$ 14.38	11/15/2007		A(2)		29,145		(7)	12/12/2016	Common Stock	29,145	$ 0	29,145	D
Non-qualified stock option (right to buy)	$ 15.95	11/15/2007		D(1)			15,000	06/01/2008	06/01/2017	Common Stock	15,000	$ 0	0 (1)	D
Non-qualified stock option (right to buy)	$ 15.95	11/15/2007		A(2)		15,000		(8)	06/01/2017	Common Stock	15,000	$ 0	15,000	D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
LANDINE MICHAEL J 88 SIDNEY STREET CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139			SVP Corporate Development

Signatures

Jennifer Baptiste, Attorney-in-Fact for Michael J. Landine		11/19/2007
**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)	Cancellation of non-qualified stock option by mutual agreement of Alkermes and the reporting person. As consideration for the cancellation, the reporting person was granted a new stock option under the Company's Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Option Plan with the same terms, including exercise price, vesting and number of shares, as the cancelled stock option.
(2)	Re-grant of non-qualified stock option under the Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Option Plan as consideration for the cancellation of the non-qualified stock option. Re-granted non-qualified option has the same terms as the cancelled option, including exercise price, vesting and number of shares.
(3)	Stock option vests in its entirety upon date of grant.
(4)	Original Stock Option grant to which this relates included non-qualified stock options (set forth herein) and incentive stock options. Fifty percent (50%) of the Stock Option vests upon date of grant. The remainder of the Stock Option vests in equal annual installments on each of 12/17/2007 and 12/17/2008.
(5)	Original Stock Option grant to which this relates included non-qualified stock options (set forth herein) and incentive stock options. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Stock Option vests upon date of grant. The remainder of the Stock Option vests in equal annual installments on each of 12/9/2007, 12/9/2008 and 12/9/2009.
(6)	Original Stock Option grant to which this relates included non-qualified stock options (set forth herein) and incentive stock options. Twenty-five (25%) of the Stock Option vests upon date of grant. The remainder of the Stock Option vests in equal annual installments on each of 5/2/2008, 5/2/2009 and 5/2/2010.
(7)	Original Stock Option grant to which this relates included non-qualified stock options (set forth herein) and incentive stock options. The Stock Option vests in equal annual installments over a four-year period, at the rate of 25% per year commencing on 12/12/2007.
(8)	Original Stock Option grant to which this relates included non-qualified stock options (set forth herein) and incentive stock options. The Stock Option vests in equal annual installments over a four-year period, at the rate of 25% per year commencing on 6/1/2008.

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