AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MARCH 15, 2005 Registration No. 333-64734 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------------------- POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------------- ABLE LABORATORIES, INC. (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) DELAWARE 04-3029787 (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION (I.R.S. EMPLOYER OF INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER) 1 ABLE DRIVE CRANBURY, NEW JERSEY 08512 (609) 495-2800 (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) ------------------------- DHANANJAY G. WADEKAR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ABLE LABORATORIES, INC. 1 ABLE DRIVE CRANBURY, NEW JERSEY 08512 (609) 495-2800 (NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE) ------------------------- COPIES TO: GERARD P. O'CONNOR, ESQ. FOLEY HOAG LLP 155 SEAPORT BOULEVARD BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02210 (617) 832-1249 ------------------------- 1 Able Laboratories, Inc. registered 1,733,333 shares of its common stock, par value $.01 per share, under this Registration Statement for resale by certain stockholders. Able Laboratories hereby removes from registration all of the shares of its common stock, $.01 par value per share, registered pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-64734) for sale from time to time by the selling stockholders named in such Registration Statement which have not been sold as of the time of filing of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-64734 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Cranbury, State of New Jersey, March 15, 2005. ABLE LABORATORIES, INC. By: /s/ Dhananjay G. Wadekar -------------------------- Chief Executive Officer