UNITED STATES

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

 

July 28, 2017 (July 24, 2017)

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

ELITE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada  001-15697  22-3542636
(State or other jurisdiction  (Commission  (IRS Employer
of incorporation)  File Number)  Identification No.)

 

165 Ludlow Avenue, Northvale, New Jersey 07647

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(201) 750-2646

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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

 

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Item 1.01Entry Into A Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On July 24, 2017, Elite Laboratories, Inc. (“Elite”) (a subsidiary of Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) and SunGen Pharma LLC (“SunGen”) executed an amendment to the parties 2016 Development and License Agreement (the “Amended Agreement”), to undertake and engage in the research, development, sales and marketing of four additional generic pharmaceutical products bringing the total number of products under the amended agreement to eight. The product classes for the additional four products include antidepressants, antibiotics, and antispasmodics.

 

Under the terms of the Amended Agreement, Elite and SunGen will share in the responsibilities and costs in the development of these products and will share in the profits from sales of the products. Upon approval, the know-how and intellectual property rights to the products will be owned jointly by Elite and SunGen. Three products will be owned jointly by Elite and SunGen; three shall be owned by SunGen while Elite shall have the marketing rights once the products are approved by the FDA; and two shall be owned by Elite while SunGen shall have the marketing rights once the products are approved by the FDA. Elite will manufacture and package all eight products on a cost plus basis.

 

Either Party shall have the option to terminate this Agreement upon six months’ written notice to the other Party if, in the terminating Party’s reasonable judgment, the Product ceases to be commercially viable. The Agreement also is terminable upon the occurrence of a “Termination Event” as defined in the Agreement, including standard solvency, breach of material terms and adverse changes in the intellectual property environment events.

 

For more information on the SunGen Agreement please see the July 28, 2017 press release, a copy of which is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Press Release dated July 28, 2017

 

 

 

 

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: July 28, 2017 ELITE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.  
       
       
  By: /s/ Nasrat Hakim      
    Nasrat Hakim, President and CEO