LEINER HEALTH PRODUCTS GROUP INC, RW, 1997-05-12

LEINER HEALTH PRODUCTS GROUP INC
RW, 1997-05-12
MEDICINAL CHEMICALS & BOTANICAL PRODUCTS

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              LEINER HEALTH PRODUCTS GROUP INC.
                    901 East 233rd Street
               Carson, California  90745-6204



VIA EDGAR
- ---------                                    May 12, 1997

Ms. Shelly E. Parratt
Assistant Director
Health Care/Insurance
Division of Corporate Finance
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549

          Re:  Leiner Health Products Group Inc.
               Registration Statement on Form S-1
               Commission File No. 33-78636
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Dear Ms. Parratt:

          Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 230.477, Leiner
Health Products Group Inc. (the "Company") hereby makes
application to withdraw the captioned registration
statement.  The Company has been advised that current market
conditions preclude an offering of the Company's common
stock on terms acceptable to the Company.  We advise the
Commission that no securities were sold under the captioned
registration statement.

                              Very truly yours,
                              
                              LEINER HEALTH PRODUCTS INC.
                              
                              By:  /s/William B. Towne
                                   ----------------------
                                   William B. Towne
                                   Chief Financial Officer

cc:  Philip M. Owen (NYSE)