EGRX Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc

CUSIP No. 269796108

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1

Name of Reporting Persons
I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Persons (Entities Only)

Scott Tarriff

2

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group*

(a)

o

(b)

o

3

SEC Use Only

4

Citizenship or Place of Organization
United States

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

5

Sole Voting Power
1,618,214 (See Item 4 herein)

6

Shared Voting Power
176,361 (See Item 4 herein)

7

Sole Dispositive Power
1,618,214 (See Item 4 herein)

8

Shared Dispositive Power
176,361 (See Item 4 herein)

9

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
1,794,575 (See Item 4 herein)

10

Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares*   o

11

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
11.4% (See Item 4 herein)

12

Type of Reporting Person*
IN

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Item 1.

(a)

Name of Issuer
Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(b)

Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices
50 Tice Boulevard, Suite 315

Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677

Item 2.

(a)

Name of Person Filing
Scott Tarriff

(b)

Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence
The address for the principal business office of Scott Tarriff is:

50 Tice Boulevard, Suite 315

Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677

(c)

Citizenship
United States

(d)

Title of Class of Securities
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”)

(e)

CUSIP Number
269796108

Item 3.

If this statement is filed pursuant to §§240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a: NOT APPLICABLE.

(a)

o

Broker or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o).

(b)

o

Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).

(c)

o

Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).

(d)

o

Investment company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C 80a-8).

(e)

o

An investment adviser in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);

(f)

o

An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);

(g)

o

A parent holding company or control person in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);

(h)

o

A savings associations as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);

(i)

o

A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);

(j)

o

A non-U.S. institution in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J);

(k)

o

Group, in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(K). If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please specify the type of institution:____________________________.

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Item 4.

Ownership.

Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1.

(a)

Amount beneficially owned:   

As of December 31, 2016: Mr. Tarriff beneficially owned 1,794,575 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock consisting of (i) 1,193,585 shares of Common Stock owned directly by him, (ii) 176,361 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock held by Janney Montgomery Scott LLC CUST FBO Scott Tarriff IRA (the “Trust”), and (iii) options to purchase 424,629 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock exercisable within 60 days of December 31, 2016. Mr. Tarriff is a trustee of the Trust and, as such, may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to all shares held by the Trust.

(b)

Percent of class:   

(based on (i) 15,320,489 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2016 (which does not include 566,838 treasury shares) as reported by the Issuer to the Reporting Person, and (ii) 424,629  options exercisable within 60 days of December 31, 2016 owned by Mr. Tarriff).

As of December 31, 2016: The 1,794,575 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock owned by Mr. Tarriff constituted 11.4% of the shares outstanding.

(c)

Number of shares as to which the person has:

(i)

Sole power to vote or to direct the vote –

1,618,214

(ii)

Shared power to vote or to direct the vote –

176,361

(iii)

Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of –

1,618,214

(iv)

Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of –

176,361

Instruction .  For computations regarding securities which represent a right to acquire an underlying security see §240.13d-3(d)(1).

Item 5.

Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following   o .

Item 6.

Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

Not Applicable

Item 7.

Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.

Not Applicable

Item 8.

Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

Not Applicable

Item 9.

Notice of Dissolution of Group.

Not Applicable

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Item 10.

Certification

Not Applicable.

February 14, 2017

By:

/s/ Scott Tarriff

Scott Tarriff