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  UNITED STATES
  
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  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
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  Washington, D.C. 20549
  
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  FORM 144
  
  SEC USE ONLY
  
  
  
  DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
  
  NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
  
  
  
  PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  
  
  
  
  CUSIP NUMBER
  ATTENTION:
  Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing
  an order with a broker to execute sale
  
  
  
  or executing a sale directly with a market maker.
  
  
  1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
  (b) IRS IDENT. NO.
  (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
  WORK LOCATION
  
  
  
  
  	Tekelec
  95-2746131
  000-15135
  
  
  
  
  
  1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER		STREET
  CITY
  STATE
  ZIP CODE
  (e) TELEPHONE NUMBER
  
  
  
  
  AREA CODE
  NUMBER
  			5200 Paramount Parkway
  Morrisville
  NC
  27560
      919
  460-5500
  
  
  
  
  
  
  2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE
  
  (b) RELATIONSHIP TO
  (c) ADDRESS 	STREET
  CITY
  STATE
  ZIP CODE
          SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
  
        ISSUER
  
  
  
  
  	Gregory S. Rush
  
  Officer
  c/o Tekelec, 5200 Paramount Parkway, Morrisville, NC  27560
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to
  obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
  3(a)
  (b)
  SEC USE ONLY
  (c)
  (d)
  (e)
  (f)
  (g)
  Title of the
  
  
  Number of Shares
  Aggregate
  Number of Shares
  Approximate
  Name of Each
  Class of
  Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the
  Broker-Dealer
  or Other Units
  Market
  or Other Units
  Date of Sale
  Securities
  Securities
  Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker
  File Number
  To Be Sold
  Value
  Outstanding
  (See instr. 3(f))
  Exchange
  To Be Sold
  who is Acquiring the Securities
  
  (See instr. 3(c))
  (See instr. 3(d))
  (See instr. 3(e))
  (MO.   DAY   YR.)
  (See instr. 3(g))
  Common
  Stock
  E*Trade Financial
  4005 Windward Plaza Drive
  Alpharetta, GA  30005
  
  
  14,064
  $230,227.68
  (05/08/09)
  66,563,770
  05/11/09
  NASDAQ
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  1.	(a)	Name of issuer
  3.	(a)	Title of the class of securities to be sold
  	(b)	Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
  	(b)	Name and address of each broker through whom the securities
  are intended to be sold
  	(c)	Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
  	(c)	Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities,
  give the aggregate face amount)
  	(d)	Issuer's address, including zip code
  	(d)	Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a
  specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
  	(e)	Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  	(e)	Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding,
  or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as
  
  		shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
  2.	(a)	Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
  	(f)	Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
  	(b)	Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
  	(g)	Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities a
  re intended to be sold
  		stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
  
  	(c)	Such person's address, including zip code
  
  
  
  
  TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
  securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part
  of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  Title of
  Date you
  Nature of Acquisition Transaction
  Name of Person from Whom Acquired
  Amount of
  Date of
  Nature of Payment
  the Class
  Acquired
  
  (if gift, also give date donor acquired)
  Securities Acquired
  Payment
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Common
  Stock
  05/11/09
  Exercised Stock Options (1)
  Issuer
  14,064
  05/11/09
  (2)
  INSTRUCTIONS:	If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor
  was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or
  in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given.  If the
  consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment
  was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the
  note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment
  paid.
  
  
  
  TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer
  sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the
  securities are to be sold.
  
  
  
  Amount of
  
  Name and Address of Seller
  Title of Securities Sold
  Date of Sale
  Securities Sold
  Gross Proceeds
  Gregory S. Rush
  c/o Tekelec
  5200 Paramount Parkway
  Morrisville, NC  27650
  Common Stock
  03/03/2009
  1,533
  $19,024.53
  Gregory S. Rush
  c/o Tekelec
  5200 Paramount Parkway
  Morrisville, NC  27650
  Common Stock
  03/04/2009
  4,961
  $60,722.64
  REMARKS:
  (1)  Shares acquired are registered under a Registration Statement on
  Form S-8.
  (2)  Cashless exercise pursuant to which price of shares acquired was
  paid from sale of certain such shares.
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  ATTENTION:
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.  Information
  is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities
  are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition.
  In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose
  sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with
  sales for the account of the person filing this notice. The person for
  whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold
  hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material
  adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations
  of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly
  disclosed.  If each person has adopted a written trading plan or given
  trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act,
  by singing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or
  the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the
  plan adoption or instruction date.
  
  May 11, 2009
  
  
  
  
  DATE OF NOTICE
  
  Gregory S. Rush	(SIGNATURE)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION,
  IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities
  are to be sold.  At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
  Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
  
  ATTENTION:  Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute
  Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
  
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text: OMB APPROVAL
  
  UNITED STATES
  
  OMB Number:  3235-0101
  
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
  Expires: December 31, 2009
  
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  
  Estimated average burden
  
  hours per response           2.0
  
  FORM 144
  
  SEC USE ONLY
  
  DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
  
  NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
  
  PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  CUSIP NUMBER
  ATTENTION:
  Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing
  an order with a broker to execute sale
  
  or executing a sale directly with a market maker.
  
  1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
  (b) IRS IDENT. NO.
  (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
  WORK LOCATION
  
  	Tekelec
  95-2746131
  000-15135
  
  1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER		STREET
  CITY
  STATE
  ZIP CODE
  (e) TELEPHONE NUMBER
  
  AREA CODE
  NUMBER
  			5200 Paramount Parkway
  Morrisville
  NC
  27560
      919
  460-5500
  
  2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE
  
  (b) RELATIONSHIP TO
  (c) ADDRESS 	STREET
  CITY
  STATE
  ZIP CODE
          SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
  
        ISSUER
  
  	Gregory S. Rush
  
  Officer
  c/o Tekelec, 5200 Paramount Parkway, Morrisville, NC  27560
  
  INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to
  obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
  3(a)
  (b)
  SEC USE ONLY
  (c)
  (d)
  (e)
  (f)
  (g)
  Title of the
  
  Number of Shares
  Aggregate
  Number of Shares
  Approximate
  Name of Each
  Class of
  Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the
  Broker-Dealer
  or Other Units
  Market
  or Other Units
  Date of Sale
  Securities
  Securities
  Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker
  File Number
  To Be Sold
  Value
  Outstanding
  (See instr. 3(f))
  Exchange
  To Be Sold
  who is Acquiring the Securities
  
  (See instr. 3(c))
  (See instr. 3(d))
  (See instr. 3(e))
  (MO.   DAY   YR.)
  (See instr. 3(g))
  Common
  Stock
  E*Trade Financial
  4005 Windward Plaza Drive
  Alpharetta, GA  30005
  
  14,064
  $230,227.68
  (05/08/09)
  66,563,770
  05/11/09
  NASDAQ
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  1.	(a)	Name of issuer
  3.	(a)	Title of the class of securities to be sold
  	(b)	Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
  	(b)	Name and address of each broker through whom the securities
  are intended to be sold
  	(c)	Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
  	(c)	Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities,
  give the aggregate face amount)
  	(d)	Issuer's address, including zip code
  	(d)	Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a
  specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
  	(e)	Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  	(e)	Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding,
  or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as
  
  		shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
  2.	(a)	Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
  	(f)	Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
  	(b)	Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
  	(g)	Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities a
  re intended to be sold
  		stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
  
  	(c)	Such person's address, including zip code
  
  TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
  securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part
  of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  Title of
  Date you
  Nature of Acquisition Transaction
  Name of Person from Whom Acquired
  Amount of
  Date of
  Nature of Payment
  the Class
  Acquired
  
  (if gift, also give date donor acquired)
  Securities Acquired
  Payment
  
  Common
  Stock
  05/11/09
  Exercised Stock Options (1)
  Issuer
  14,064
  05/11/09
  (2)
  INSTRUCTIONS:	If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor
  was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or
  in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given.  If the
  consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment
  was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the
  note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment
  paid.
  
  TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer
  sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the
  securities are to be sold.
  
  Amount of
  
  Name and Address of Seller
  Title of Securities Sold
  Date of Sale
  Securities Sold
  Gross Proceeds
  Gregory S. Rush
  c/o Tekelec
  5200 Paramount Parkway
  Morrisville, NC  27650
  Common Stock
  03/03/2009
  1,533
  $19,024.53
  Gregory S. Rush
  c/o Tekelec
  5200 Paramount Parkway
  Morrisville, NC  27650
  Common Stock
  03/04/2009
  4,961
  $60,722.64
  REMARKS:
  (1)  Shares acquired are registered under a Registration Statement on
  Form S-8.
  (2)  Cashless exercise pursuant to which price of shares acquired was
  paid from sale of certain such shares.
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  ATTENTION:
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.  Information
  is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities
  are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition.
  In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose
  sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with
  sales for the account of the person filing this notice. The person for
  whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold
  hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material
  adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations
  of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly
  disclosed.  If each person has adopted a written trading plan or given
  trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act,
  by singing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or
  the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the
  plan adoption or instruction date.
  
  May 11, 2009
  
  DATE OF NOTICE
  
  Gregory S. Rush	(SIGNATURE)
  
  DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION,
  IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities
  are to be sold.  At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
  Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
  ATTENTION:  Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute
  Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
  
  SM01DOCS\667695.1	SEC 1147 (08-07)
  	Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information
  contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a
  currently valid OMB control number.
  SM01DOCS667695.1											SEC 1147 (04-07)