HEMISPHERX
BIOPHARMA, INC.
1617
JFK Boulevard
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19103
August
7,
2006
Securities
and Exchange Commission
100
F
Street, NE
Washington,
DC 20002
|
Re:
|
Hemispherx
Biopharma, Inc.
|
|
|
Form
S-1 Registration Statement File No.
333-108645
|
Dear
Sir
or Madam:
Hemispherx
Biopharma, Inc. (“Hemispherx”) hereby withdraws its Amendment No. 1 to its
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (SEC File No. 333-108645) filed with the
Commission on August 4, 2006.
|
|
Very
truly yours,
|
|
|
|
|
|
HEMISPHERX
BIOPHARMA, INC.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
s/Robert
Peterson
|
|
|
Robert
Peterson,
|
|
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|