SEC Comment Letter for PALATIN TECHNOLOGIES INC (PTN, PTNT) (CIK 0000911216) (PTN) — Feb 4, 2008
PALATIN TECHNOLOGIES INC (PTN, PTNT) (CIK 0000911216)
Date: Feb. 4, 2008 · CIK: 0000911216 · Accession: 0000000000-08-006225
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Mail Stop 6010 February 4, 2008 Mr. Carl Spana, Ph.D. President and Chief Executive Officer Palatin Technologies, Inc. 4C Cedar Brook Drive Cranbury, NJ 08512 Re: Palatin Technologies, Inc. Form 10-K for Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2007 Filed September 13, 2007 File No. 1-15543 Dear Mr. Spana: We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments. In our comments, we ask you to provide us with information to better understand your disclosure. Where a comment requests you to revise disclosure, the information you provide should show us what the revised disc losure will look like and identify the annual or quarterly filing, as appli cable, in which you intend to first include it. If you do not believe that revised disclosure is necessary, explain the reason in your response. After reviewing the information provided, we may raise additional comments and/or request that you amend your filing. Please understand that the purpose of our re view process is to assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing. We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome any questions you may have about our comments or any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed at the end of this letter. Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2007 Item 1. Business Patents and Proprietary Information, page 6 Mr. Carl Spana Palatin Technologies, Inc. February 4, 2008 Page 2 1. We note your disclosure that you own issu ed patents relating to Bremelanotide and NeutroSpec, and that you license cer tain patents relating to compounds and methods of treatment for sexual dysfuncti on. Please expand your disclosure to describe the nature of these patents an d their duration, as required by Item 101 (c)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K. Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules 2. We note the following agreements have been described but not filed as exhibits: • Exclusive license agreement with Th e Wistar Institute of Biology and Anatomy; • License agreement with Competitive Technologies, Inc. Please file these agreements as exhibits or provide us with an analysis supporting your determination that the agreements ar e not required to be filed pursuant to Item 601 (b)(10) of Regulation S-K. Please note that if these agreements were filed previously, you may amend your Form 10-K to incorporate the previously- filed agreement by reference. * * * * * Please respond to these comments within 10 business days or tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please provide us any requested information. Detailed cover letters greatly facilitate our review. Please file the letter on EDGAR under the form type label CORRESP. We urge all persons who are responsi ble for the accuracy an d adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the filing includes all in formation required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and th at they have provided all information investors require for an informed invest ment decision. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts re lating to a company’s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made. In connection with responding to our comments, please provide, in writing, a statement from the company acknowledging that: the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated Mr. Carl Spana Palatin Technologies, Inc. February 4, 2008 Page 3 by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. In addition, please be advise d that the Division of Enfo rcement has access to all information you provide to the staff of the Divi sion of Corporation Fi nance in our review of your filing or in response to our comments on your filing. Please do not hesitate to contact Rose Zukin at (202) 551-3239 or me at (202) 551-3715 if you have questions regarding th e comments and related matters. Sincerely, Jeffrey Riedler Assistant Director