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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 * NIGALAYE ASHOK G   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ELITE PHARMACEUTICALS INC /NV/ [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) 04/25/2013 (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 Common Stock 04/25/2013   D   150,000 D $ 0.08 22,510,022 (2) I (1) see footnote (1) Common Stock 04/26/2013   D   243,926 D $ 0.0802 22,266,096 (3) I (1) see footnote (1) Common Stock 04/26/2013   C(7)   8,230,453 A $ 0 30,496,549 (4) I (1) see footnote (1) Common Stock 04/29/2013   D   130,000 D $ 0.08 30,366,546 (5) I (1) see footnote (1) Common Stock 04/29/2013   J(8)   13,367,481 D $ 0.0369 16,999,068 (6) I (1) see footnote (1)

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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

$ 0.0243

04/26/2013

C

200

04/26/2013

(10)

Common Stock

8,230,453

$ 1,000

1,600

I (1)

see footnote (1)

Warrants

$ 0.0625

04/26/2013

J(9)

13,272,999

10/30/2009

10/30/2016

Common Stock

13,272,999

$ 0

26,727,001

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 Nigalaye		04/29/2013
**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)	Of the 22,510,022 shares of common stock, 14,910,666 shares of common stock are owned indirectly through EI and 7,599,356 shares are owned directly by the reporting person.
(3)	Of the 22,266,096 shares of common stock, 14,666,740 shares of common stock are owned indirectly through EI and 7,599,356 shares are owned directly by the reporting person
(4)	Of the 30,496,549 shares of common stock, 22,897,193 shares of common stock are owned indirectly through EI and 7,599,356 shares are owned directly by the reporting person
(5)	Of the 30,366,546 shares of common stock, 22,767,193 shares of common stock are owned indirectly through EI and 7,599,356 shares are owned directly by the reporting person
(6)	Of the 16,999,068 shares of common stock, 9,399,712 shares of common stock are owned indirectly through EI and 7,599,356 shares are owned directly by the reporting person
(7)	Conversion of Series E Preferred Stock of issuer at the rate of approximately 41,152.26 shares of common for each share of such preferred stock.
(8)	Disposition of shares to its members
(9)	Disposition of warrants to its members
(10)	N/A

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