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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED
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  D.C.&#160; 20549</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;8-K</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of report (Date of
  earliest event reported) <b>&nbsp;&nbsp;May&nbsp;6,
  2008</b></font></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Cephalon,&nbsp;Inc.</font></b></p>
  
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  Registrant as Specified in Charter)</font></p>
  
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Delaware</font></b></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">0-19119</font></b></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">23-2484489</font></b></p>
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    Incorporation)</font></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">41
    Moores Road</font></b></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">19355</font></b></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registrant&#146;s telephone
  number, including area code &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(610) 344-0200</b></font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Check the appropriate box
  below if the Form&nbsp;8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
  filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#168;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425
  under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#168;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Soliciting material pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14a-12
  under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#168;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Pre-commencement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b)&nbsp;under
  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#168;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Pre-commencement communications pursuant
  to Rule&nbsp;13e-4(c)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Other Events</u>.</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On May&nbsp;6, 2008, Cephalon,&nbsp;Inc.
  (the &#147;Company&#148;) &#160;issued a press release
  regarding a United States Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee
  meeting for FENTORA&#174; (fentanyl buccal tablet).&#160;&#160;
  The Company hereby incorporates by reference the press release dated May&nbsp;6,
  2008, attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1, and made a part of this Item 8.01.</font></p>
  
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text: 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)
  May 6,
  2008
  Cephalon, Inc.
  (Exact Name of
  Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  Delaware
  0-19119
  23-2484489
  (State or Other
    Jurisdiction
  (Commission
  (IRS Employer
  of
    Incorporation)
  File Number)
  Identification
    No.)
  41
    Moores Road
  Frazer,
    Pennsylvania
  19355
  (Address of
    Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  Registrant's telephone
  number, including area code
  (610) 344-0200
  Not
  Applicable
  (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:
  ¨
  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 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 8.01
  Other Events
  .
  On May 6, 2008, Cephalon, Inc.
  (the "Company")  issued a press release
  regarding a United States Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee
  meeting for FENTORA® (fentanyl buccal tablet).  
  The Company hereby incorporates by reference the press release dated May 6,
  2008, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, and made a part of this Item 8.01.
  Item 9.01
  Financial Statements and
  Exhibits
  .
  (d)
  Exhibits
  Number
  Description
  99.1
  Press Release dated
    May 6, 2008
  2
  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.
  CEPHALON, INC.
  Date: May 6, 2008
  By:
  /s/ J. Kevin Buchi
  J. Kevin Buchi
  Executive Vice
    President and Chief Financial
  Officer
  3
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  99.1
  Press Release dated
    May 6, 2008
  4