Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Gergel Ivan P.
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/23/2009		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
INDEVUS PHARMACEUTICALS INC [IDEV]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS INC., 100 ENDO BOULEVARD		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

CHADDS FORD, PA 19317		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share 0 (1)
I
See footnote below (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Gergel Ivan P.
C/O ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS INC.
100 ENDO BOULEVARD
CHADDS FORD, PA 19317		   X      

Signatures

/s/ Ivan Gergel 03/03/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement & Plan of Merger, dated as of Jan. 5, 2009, by and among Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. ("Endo"), BTB Purchaser Inc. ("BTB") and Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Indevus"), Endo (through BTB) commenced a cash tender offer to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of the common stock of Indevus (the "Shares") at a price of $4.50 per Share, without interest, plus contractual rights to receive up to an additional $3.00 per Share in contingent cash consideration payments. The initial tender offer period expired at 5:00 p.m.(ET), Fri., Feb. 20, 2009, at which time approximately 55,008,149 Shares had been validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the tender offer and such Shares were accepted for purchase by the Purchaser on Feb. 23, 2009; such number represents the number of Shares in which the Reporting Person has a beneficial interest as of that date. The Shares purchased represent approx. 77.205% of Indevus's outstanding Shares.
(2) Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Reporting Person was appointed as a director of Indevus on February 23, 2009. The Reporting Person disclaims any beneficial ownership in the Shares.

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