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PHYTERA, INC
Four Biotech Park
377 Plantation Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
April 16, 1999
BY EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Phytera, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 333-66259)
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Gentlemen and Ladies:
In accordance with Rule 477 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, Phytera, Inc. (the "Company") hereby requests that the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-66259), and all
exhibits thereto, be withdrawn effective immediately. The Company is
withdrawing the Registration Statement, which was declared effective by order of
the commission on February 10, 1999, because the proposed initial public
offering under the Registration Statement was abandoned due to market
conditions. No securities were sold or will be sold under the Registration
Statement.
If you have any questions with respect to this letter, please call either
Lynnette C. Fallon of the law firm Palmer & Dodge LLP at (617) 573-0220 or me at
(508) 792-6800.
Sincerely,
PHYTERA, INC.
By: /s/ Malcolm Morville
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Malcolm Morville
President and Chief Executive Officer
cc: Heather Maples, Esq.
Lynnette C. Fallon, Esq.
