SEC Company Response from Altimmune, Inc. (ALT) (CIK 0001326190) (ALT) — Oct 29, 2013
Altimmune, Inc. (ALT) (CIK 0001326190)
Date: Oct. 29, 2013 · CIK: 0001326190 · Accession: 0001144204-13-057303
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File numbers found in text: 333-191055
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PHARMATHENE, INC.
One Park Place, Suite 450
Annapolis, MD 21401
October 29,
2013
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
100 F. Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re:
PharmAthene, Inc. (the "Company")
Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended
File No. 333-191055
Request for Acceleration
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461(a)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company respectfully requests acceleration of the effective date of its Registration
Statement on Form S-4, as amended (File No. 333-191055) (the "Registration Statement"), so that the same will be declared
effective on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. Washington D.C. time, or as soon thereafter as is practicable.
The Company hereby acknowledges that:
· should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission
from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement;
· the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated
authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the
adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement; and
· the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness
as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
Please contact our
counsel, Jeffrey A. Baumel (973-912-7189) or Rani Doyle (212-398-8467) of Dentons US LLP, with respect to any comments or questions
relating to the Registration Statement or this request for acceleration of effectiveness.
Very truly yours,
PHARMATHENE, INC.
By:
/s/ Eric I. Richman
Eric I. Richman
Chief Executive Officer
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