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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
<B>November 6, 2012</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH, INC.</B></P>

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Charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Delaware</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">000-25323</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">14-1742717</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(State&nbsp;or&nbsp;other&nbsp;jurisdiction</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Commission</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(IRS&nbsp;Employer</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">of&nbsp;incorporation)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">File&nbsp;Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Identification&nbsp;No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">21&nbsp;Corporate&nbsp;Circle,&nbsp;P.O.&nbsp;Box&nbsp;15098,&nbsp;Albany,&nbsp;NY</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">12212</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Address&nbsp;of&nbsp;principal&nbsp;executive&nbsp;offices)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Zip&nbsp;Code)</TD></TR>
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area code: <B>(518) 512-2000</B></P>

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since last report)</P>

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Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions
( <I>see</I> General Instruction A.2. below) :</P>

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pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</P>

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material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>

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communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</P>

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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</P>

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Condition</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">On November 6, 2012, Albany Molecular Research,&nbsp;Inc.
(the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three and nine months ended September
30, 2012.&nbsp; That release referred to certain attached financial highlights for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2012.&nbsp; The full text of the press release, including the financial tables referred to within the release, which were posted
on the Company&rsquo;s internet website, are furnished as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 hereto and are incorporated by reference herein.</P>

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Statements and Exhibits </B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">(d)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 6%">&nbsp;99.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 88%">Press release and financial tables dated November 6, 2012, issued by Albany Molecular Research, Inc.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 22.5pt">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.</P>

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    <TD>Date: November 6, 2012</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Michael M. Nolan</TD></TR>
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    <TD>Name: Michael M. Nolan</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Title: Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and</P>

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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):
November 6, 2012
ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
Charter)
Delaware
000-25323
14-1742717
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
21 Corporate Circle, P.O. Box 15098, Albany, NY
12212
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including
area code:
(518) 512-2000
(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report)
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) :
¨
Written communications
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 2.02    Results of Operations and Financial
Condition
On November 6, 2012, Albany Molecular Research, Inc.
(the "Company") issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three and nine months ended September
30, 2012.  That release referred to certain attached financial highlights for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2012.  The full text of the press release, including the financial tables referred to within the release, which were posted
on the Company's internet website, are furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and are incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01     Financial
Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits
99.1
Press release and financial tables dated November 6, 2012, issued by Albany Molecular Research, Inc.
SIGNATURES
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.
Date: November 6, 2012
ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH, INC.
By:
/s/ Michael M. Nolan
Name: Michael M. Nolan
Title: Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer