Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC
30 Broad Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10004
December 14, 2017
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Irene Paik and Erin Jaskot
Re: | Akers Biosciences, Inc. – Withdrawal of Acceleration Request | |
Registration Statement on Form S-1 | ||
File No. 333- 221746 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to our letter, filed as correspondence via EDGAR on December 13, 2017, in which we requested the acceleration of the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement for Thursday, December 14, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, in accordance with Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. We are no longer requesting that such Registration Statement be declared effective at this time and we hereby formally withdraw our request for acceleration of the effective date.
Very truly yours, | |||
Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC | |||
By: | /s/ Eric Lord | ||
Name: | Eric Lord | ||
Title: | Head of Investment Banking/Underwritings | ||