DERMIRA, INC.
275 Middlefield Road, Suite 150
Menlo Park, CA 94025
November 20, 2015
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Suzanne Hayes
Christian Windsor
Scot Foley
Re: Dermira, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3
Originally filed November 2, 2015, as amended
File No. 333-207755
Requested Date: November 24, 2015
Requested Time: 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Dermira, Inc. (the “Registrant”) hereby requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) take appropriate action to make the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-3 effective at the “Requested Date” and “Requested Time” set forth above or as soon thereafter as practicable.
The Registrant hereby authorizes Michael A. Brown or Katherine K. Duncan, both of whom are attorneys with the Registrant’s outside legal counsel, Fenwick & West LLP, to orally modify or withdraw this request for acceleration.
The Registrant hereby acknowledges that:
· should the Commission or the staff of the Commission (the “Staff”), acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
· the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
· the Registrant may not assert the Staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
The Registrant requests that it be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Mr. Brown at (415) 875-2432, or in his absence, Ms. Duncan at (650) 335-7132.
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| By: | /s/ Andrew K. Guggenhime |
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| Andrew K. Guggenhime |
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| Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer |
cc: Michael A. Brown, Esq.
Katherine K. Duncan, Esq.
Fenwick & West LLP