SEC Company Response from PDL BIOPHARMA, INC. (CIK 0000882104) — Aug 9, 2005
PDL BIOPHARMA, INC. (CIK 0000882104)
Date: Aug. 9, 2005 · CIK: 0000882104 · Accession: 0001047469-05-021125
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Protein Design Labs, Inc.
34801 Campus Drive
Fremont, California 94555
August 9,
2005
Jeffrey
Riedler
Assistant Director
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Mail Stop 0407
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549-0407
Re:
Protein Design Labs, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3
Registration No. 333-123958
Dear
Mr. Riedler:
Pursuant
to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Protein Design Labs, Inc. (the "Company") hereby requests that the effectiveness of the above-referenced
registration statement be accelerated to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on Thursday, August 11, 2005, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
The
Company also hereby requests that a written order verifying the effective date be sent by express mail.
The
Company hereby acknowledges that:
•should
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not
foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
•the
action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full
responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
•the
Company may not assert this action as defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
Thank
you very much for your assistance. If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact Josh Rosenfeld of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP, counsel to Protein Design
Labs, Inc., at (415) 836-2539.
Very truly yours,
PROTEIN DESIGN LABS, INC.
/s/ GLEN Y. SATO Glen Y. Sato
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
cc:Josh
Rosenfeld, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP