SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-013435 to Jyong Biotech Ltd. (MENS)
Jyong Biotech Ltd.
Date: Dec. 5, 2024 · CIK: 0001954488 · Accession: 0000000000-24-013435
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December 5, 2024
Fu-Feng Kuo
Chief Executive Officer
Jyong Biotech Ltd.
23F-3, No. 95, Section 1, Xintai 5th Road
Xizhi District, New Taipei City
Taiwan, 221
Re:Jyong Biotech Ltd.
Amendment No. 7 to Registration Statement on Form F-1
Filed November 21, 2024
File No. 333-277725
Dear Fu-Feng Kuo:
We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the following
comments.
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing
the requested information. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your
response.
After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information
you provide in response to this letter, we may have additional comments. Unless we note
otherwise, any references to prior comments are to comments in our November 15, 2024
letter.
Amendment No. 7 to Registration Statement on Form F-1
Our Drug Candidates
MCS-2
Phase III Clinical Studies, page 127
1.We note your response to prior comment 5 on page 27 regarding the "possibly
related" but not "definitely related" pancreatitis event observed in the MCS-2-US-c
trial. Please also include this disclosure in this section, where applicable.
December 5, 2024
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Legal Proceedings and Compliance
Taizhou Investment Dispute, page 145
2.In response to prior comment 6 you state that under PRC civil procedure, the parties at
any time before and during the enforcement procedure and until such enforcement
procedure it completed, may choose to enter into a settlement agreement. Please
clarify if during the enforcement procedure the company is required to make
payments towards the judgement. If so, please also state the amounts expected to be
paid and whether there is a payment plan or similar agreement in place.
Legal Matters, page 203
3.You state that "[c]ertain legal matters limited to the regulatory history of MCS-
2 before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be passed upon for us by
Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz PC." Please clarify if "regulatory history"
represents a specific date range or all the MCS-2 regulatory process to date. If there is
a date range, please include the range. Further, please file a consent from Olsson
Frank Weeda Terman Matz PC or otherwise state why you do not believe a consent is
required. Please see Rule 436 of the Securities Act of 1933. Similarly identify the
legal matters as to Taiwan law that will be passed upon by KPMG Law Firm and
provide its consent or explain why you believe a consent is not required.
Exhibit 5.1 Legal Opinion, page II-3
4.Please note it is inappropriate to include assumptions in your legal opinion that are
overly broad or assume any material facts underlying the issue or any readily
ascertainable facts. While it is permissible to assume that resolutions that were passed
will remain in full force and will not be rescinded or amended, it is not appropriate to
assume that Resolutions were passed at duly convened, constituted and quorate
meetings or by unanimous resolutions as such assumption is an ascertainable fact and
is material to the underlying issue. Please revise Assumption 2.4 accordingly.
5.Similarly, with respect to Assumption 2.9, it is permissible to assume that the
company has sufficient authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares at the time of
issuance if you have provided a definitive opinion that it had sufficient authorized but
unissued Ordinary Shares as of the date of the opinion. Please revise Assumption 2.9
accordingly.
6.Please revise the legal opinion to quantify the maximum number of shares Conyers
Dill & Pearman have determined can be validly issued. Further, we note that Conyers
Dill & Pearman, in giving consent to the filing of this opinion and states that they "do
not hereby admit that are we are within the category of persons whose consent is
required under Section 7 if the Securities Act[.]" It is inappropriate for counsel
providing a legal opinion to deny that it is an expert within the meaning of Sections 7.
Please amend accordingly. See CF Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19.
Please contact Mary Mast at 202-551-3613 if you have questions regarding comments
on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Doris Stacey Gama at 202-
551-3188 or Suzanne Hayes at 202-551-3675 with any other questions.
December 5, 2024
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Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Life Sciences
cc:Ross Carmel, Esq.