KemPharm, Inc.
1180 Celebration Boulevard, Suite 103
Celebration, FL 34747
(321) 939-3416
January 5, 2021
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: Jeffrey Gabor
| Re: | KemPharm, Inc. |
Registration Statement on Form S-1
File No. 333-250945
Acceleration Request
Requested Date: Thursday, January 7, 2021
Requested Time: 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Ladies and Gentlemen:
KemPharm, Inc. (the “Registrant”) hereby requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) take appropriate action to cause the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-1 to become effective on January 7, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, or as soon thereafter as is practicable or at such later time as the Registrant may orally request via telephone call to the staff of the Commission. The Registrant hereby authorizes each of Brent Siler, Mark Ballantyne and Nathan Jeffries of Cooley LLP, counsel to the Registrant, to make such request on its behalf.
Once the Registration Statement has been declared effective, please orally confirm that event with Brent Siler of Cooley LLP at (202) 728-7040 or in his absence, Nathan Jeffries of Cooley LLP at (720) 566-4104.
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| Very truly yours, | ||
| KEMPHARM, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ R. LaDuane Clifton | |
| Name: | R. LaDuane Clifton | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer | |
| cc: | Travis C. Mickle, KemPharm, Inc. |
Brent Siler, Cooley LLP
Nathan Jeffries, Cooley LLP
Charles Phillips, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
Matthew B. McCullough, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP