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

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

January 26, 2006

DENDRITE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

New Jersey	001-16379	22-2786386
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1405 U.S. Highway 206, Bedminster, New Jersey		07921
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

(908) 443-2000

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):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

(b) On January 26, 2006, Terence H. Osborne provided Dendrite International, Inc. (the “Company”) with notice of his decision to retire from the Company’s Board of Director effective February 6, 2006.

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.

	DENDRITE INTERNATIONAL, INC.


Dated: February 1, 2006	By:	/s/ CHRISTINE A. PELLIZZARI
	Name:		Christine A. Pellizzari
	Title:		Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary