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SEC Company Response from NOVEN PHARMACEUTICALS INC (CIK 0000815838) — Dec 28, 2005

NOVEN PHARMACEUTICALS INC (CIK 0000815838)
Date: Dec. 28, 2005 · CIK: 0000815838 · Accession: 0000950144-05-013049

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Referenced dates: December 14, 2005

Date
December 28, 2005
Author
/s/ Diane M. Barrett
Form
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Company
NOVEN PHARMACEUTICALS INC (CIK 0000815838)

Letter

VIA EDGAR Division of Corporate Finance Re: Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004 File No. 0-17254

Dear Mr. Rosenberg:

We have received your letter dated December 14, 2005 regarding your review of Noven Pharmaceutical Inc.’s Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004. We plan on responding to your letter by Friday, January 20, 2006. Included in Noven’s Form 10-K are the financial statements of our unconsolidated joint venture, Vivelle Ventures LLC, and some of your comments relate to that entity’s financial statements. We have forwarded the applicable questions to Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, who is responsible for the accounting for the joint venture, and will incorporate their responses in our correspondence. Due to this extra level of review and that many of the necessary personnel required to respond to your letter are on vacation for the holidays, we will need longer than the 10 business days to adequately respond to your comments.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this timing, please do not hesitate to contact me at (305) 964-3308.

Very truly yours,
/s/ Diane M. Barrett

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Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

VIA EDGAR

December 28, 2005

Mr. James B. Rosenberg

Senior Assistant Chief Accountant

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporate Finance

Mail Stop 6010

Washington, D.C. 20549

    Re:

    Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004

File No. 0-17254

Dear Mr. Rosenberg:

     We have received your letter dated December 14, 2005 regarding your review of Noven
Pharmaceutical Inc.’s Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004. We plan on responding to
your letter by Friday, January 20, 2006. Included in Noven’s Form 10-K are the financial
statements of our unconsolidated joint venture, Vivelle Ventures LLC, and some of your comments
relate to that entity’s financial statements. We have forwarded the applicable questions to
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, who is responsible for the accounting for the joint venture,
and will incorporate their responses in our correspondence. Due to this extra level of review and
that many of the necessary personnel required to respond to your letter are on vacation for the
holidays, we will need longer than the 10 business days to adequately respond to your comments.

     If you have any questions or concerns regarding this timing, please do not hesitate to contact
me at (305) 964-3308.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Diane M. Barrett

Diane M. Barrett

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

    Cc:

    Mr. Kevin Woody, Branch Chief, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation