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): October 5, 2010

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.)

852 Winter Street
Waltham, Massachusetts		02451
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 609-6000

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 5.07		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Alkermes, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on October 5, 2010. As of July 23, 2010, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 95,106,212 shares were issued and outstanding. The following proposals, which are described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2010, were voted upon and approved at the Annual Meeting:

1.

A proposal to elect nine members of the Board of Directors, as nominated by our Board of Directors, each to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, was approved with the following vote:

Nominee		For		Abstain/ Withhold		Broker Non-Votes
David W. Anstice		65,380,141		14,773,105		10,645,934
Floyd E. Bloom		77,549,975		2,603,271		10,645,934
Robert A. Breyer		77,550,480		2,602,766		10,645,934
Geraldine Henwood		77,396,030		2,757,216		10,645,934
Paul J. Mitchell		63,410,645		16,742,601		10,645,934
Richard F. Pops		76,381,062		3,772,184		10,645,934
Alexander Rich		77,551,421		2,601,825		10,645,934
Mark B. Skaletsky		65,078,302		15,074,944		10,645,934
Michael A. Wall		77,546,904		2,606,342		10,645,934

2.

A proposal to ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for fiscal year 2011 was approved with 88,482,571 votes ”FOR”, 2,269,739 votes “AGAINST” and 46,870 votes “ABSTAIN/WITHHOLD”.

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.