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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-09-21</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2006-09-28</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000874663</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ALKERMES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ALKS</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001376548</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Ehrich Elliot</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>88 SIDNEY ST</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CAMBRIDGE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02139</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>VP, Science and Development</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>13365</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Mr. Ehrich became a Section 16 Reporting Officer on 9/21/2006. On 9/28/2006, he filed a Form 3, reporting his derivative and non-derivative holdings.

At the time of the original filing, Mr Ehrich underreported the amount of shares benficially owned. Mr. Ehrich beneficially owned 13,365 shares of ALKS stock and not the 10,805 shares of ALKS as originally reported.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>John P. Gaspar, Attorney-in-Fact for Elliot Ehrich</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-11-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
