SEC Comment Letter for Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (CRBP) (CIK 0001595097) (CRBP) — Sep 23, 2014
Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (CRBP) (CIK 0001595097)
Date: Sept. 23, 2014 · CIK: 0001595097 · Accession: 0000000000-14-047691
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September 23 , 2014
Via E -mail
Yuval Cohen, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.
100 River Ridge Drive
Norwood, MA 02062
Re: Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S -1
Filed September 3, 2014
File No. 333 -198563
Dear Dr. Cohen:
We have reviewed your registration statement and have the following additional
comment.
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our comment applies to your facts and
circu mstances or do not believe an amendment is a ppropriate, please tell us why in your
response.
After revie wing any amendment to your registration statement and the infor mation you
provide in response to this com ment, we may have additio nal co mments.
Prospectus Summary
Our Pipeline, page 3
1. We note your response to our prior comment 1. Please disclose the information
contained in your response in your prospectus. Specifically, please disclose that
you believe you are able rely on all prior non -clinical and Phase 1 clinical data
generated by the prior licensee based on the pre -IND meeting you held with the
FDA on October 26, 2012, and disclose that the FDA first required you to conduct
a rat chronic toxicology study, which you have completed. If that toxicology study
is one of the studies referenced on page 47, please clarify disclosure to indicate this
fact.
We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclos ure
in the filing to be ce rtain that the filing includ es the information the Secu rities Act of 1933 and
all applicable Securities Act rules require. Since the co mpany and its manag ement are in
Yuval Cohen, Ph.D.
Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.
September 23 , 2014
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possession of all facts r elating to a co mpany’s disclosure, they are responsi ble for the acc uracy
and adequacy of the disclos ures they have made.
Notwithstanding our comment, in the e vent you request acceleration of the effective date
of the pe nding registration s tatement please pr ovide a writt en state ment from the company
acknowledging that:
should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare
the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Com mission from taking any action
with respect to the filing;
the action of the Com mission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in
declaring the filing effecti ve, does not relieve the co mpany from its full
responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the discl osure in the filing; and
the co mpany may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a
defense in any proceeding initia ted by the Commission or any person under the
federal securiti es laws of the United Stat es.
Please refer to Rules 460 and 461 re garding requests for acceleration. We will consider a
written reque st for acceleration of the effective date of the registration state ment as confir mation
of the fact that those requesting ac celeration are aware of t heir respective res ponsibilities und er
the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as they relate to the proposed
public offering of the secur ities specified in the above registration state ment. Please all ow
adequate ti me for us to review any a mendment prior to the requested effecti ve date of the
registration state ment.
You may contact Frank Wyman at (202) 551 -3660 or Mary Mast at (202) 551 -3613 if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Austin Stephenson at (202) 551 -3192, John Krug at (202) 551 -3862, or me at (202) 551 -
3715 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
/s/ Daniel Greenspan for
Jeffrey P. R iedler
Assista nt Direct or
cc: Via E -Mail
Steven M. Skolnick, Esq.
Lowenstein Sandler LLP