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): October 4, 2010

CELGENE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		0-16132		22-2711928
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

86 Morris Avenue, Summit, New Jersey		07901
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (908) 673-9000

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On October 4, 2010, Celgene Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (collectively, the “Underwriters”), providing for its underwritten public offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.450% Senior Notes due 2015, $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.950% Senior Notes due 2020 and $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.700% Senior Notes due 2040 (collectively, the “Notes”). The offer and sale of the Notes is registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-169731) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 4, 2010. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include, without limitation, further development of the Company’s clinical and pre-clinical programs, expansion of the Company’s international operations, capital expenditures, strategic transactions and to meet working capital needs.

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and customary conditions to closing, indemnification rights and obligations of the parties. The Company expects the transaction to close on or about October 7, 2010.

Some of the Underwriters and their affiliates have engaged in, and may in the future engage in, financial advisory, investment banking and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of business with the Company, or its affiliates. They have received, and may in the future receive, customary fees and commissions for these transactions.

The description of the Underwriting Agreement in this Form 8-K is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Underwriting Agreement. A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On October 5, 2010, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of its public offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.450% Senior Notes due 2015, $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.950% Senior Notes due 2020 and $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.700% Senior Notes due 2040. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

1.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2010, among the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
99.1		Press release of the Company dated October 5, 2010, announcing the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 2.450% Senior Notes due 2015, 3.950% Senior Notes due 2020 and 5.700% Senior Notes due 2040

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.		Description
1.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2010, among the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
99.1		Press release of the Company dated October 5, 2010, announcing the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 2.450% Senior Notes due 2015, 3.950% Senior Notes due 2020 and 5.700% Senior Notes due 2040