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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 20, 2005
ALKERMES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
         
PENNSYLVANIA
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
  1-14131
(Commission
File Number)
  23-2472830
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
88 Sidney Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts

(Address of principal executive offices)
  02139
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 494-0171
     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-99.1 PRESS RELEASE DATED SEPTEMBER 20, 2005


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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
     On September 20, 2005, Alkermes announced that the FDA extended the PDUFA date for Vivitrex® to December 30, 2005. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1. This information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

 


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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.
         
  ALKERMES, INC.
 
 
Date: September 20, 2005  By:   /s/ James M. Frates    
    James M. Frates   
    Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer   

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX
99.1     Press Release issued by the Company on September 20, 2005 announcing that the FDA extended the PDUFA date for Vivitrex® to December 30, 2005.