-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Do42rvrh0WibgeWO7ZGUqNCqrW61a56iJLq9kZF+UJtycfGO/W+dv8Z9nKkrAVM2 07P+KDZ4EYbz0iGHURx8Bg== 0000950135-09-000458.txt : 20090127 0000950135-09-000458.hdr.sgml : 20090127 20090127163651 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950135-09-000458 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: RW PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090127 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090127 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NITROMED INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000927829 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 223159793 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: RW SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-156300 FILM NUMBER: 09548538 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 12 OAK PARK DR CITY: BEDFORD STATE: MA ZIP: 01730 BUSINESS PHONE: 7816859700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 12 OAK PARK DR CITY: BEDFORD STATE: MA ZIP: 01730 RW 1 b73804rwrw.htm NITROMED, INC. rw
NitroMed, Inc.
45 Hayden Avenue, Suite 3000
Lexington, Massachusetts 02421
January 27, 2009
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Sebastian Gomez Abero
     
Re:
  NitroMed, Inc.
 
  Rule 477 Application for Withdrawal
 
  Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-156300)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Pursuant to Rules 477(a) and (b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, NitroMed, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission consent to the withdrawal, effective as of the date hereof, of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-156300), together with all exhibits thereto (the “Registration Statement”). The Registration Statement was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 18, 2008.
     The Company requests withdrawal of the Registration Statement because it has determined not to proceed with the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company confirms that no securities have been sold under the Registration Statement.
     If you have any questions or comments or require further information or documentation, please contact Jay Bothwick or Corey DuFresne of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, the Company’s outside counsel, at 617-526-6000.
         
 
  Very truly yours,    
 
        
 
  /s/ Kenneth M. Bate
 
President, Chief Executive Officer 		   
 
  and Interim Chief Financial Officer    

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