APPLICATION FOR WITHDRAWAL OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Virus Research Institute, Inc.
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(Name of Registrant)
Delaware 22-3098869
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(State of Incorporation) (IRS employer identification number)
61 Moulton Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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(Principal office address)
Pursuant to Rules 477 and 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the undersigned, having power of attorney under the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"), File Number 333-13245, relating to
common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Virus Research
Institute, Inc., being the agent for service of process named in the
Registration Statement and being an authorized representative of Virus Research
Institute, Inc., hereby requests that the Registration Statement be withdrawn,
effective immediately. Virus Research Institute, Inc. no longer intends to sell
the Common Stock registered thereby.
VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
By: /s/ J. Barrie Ward
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Name: J. Barrie Ward, Ph.D.
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
Dated: August 21, 1998
