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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-21-010280
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210201

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Assertio Holdings, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001808665
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				850598378
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 S. SAUNDERS ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			LAKE FOREST
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60045
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(224) 419-7106

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 S. SAUNDERS ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			LAKE FOREST
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60045
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">February&nbsp;1, 2021</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">United States Securities and Exchange Commission<br> Division of Corporation Finance</font><br>  </font>Office of Life Sciences<br> 100 F Street, N.E.<br> Washington, D.C. 20549</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Re:</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>Assertio Holdings,&nbsp;Inc.<br> Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-252368</b><b>)</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<b>Act</b>&#148;), Assertio Holdings,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;<b>Company</b>&#148;) hereby requests that the effective date of the above-referenced registration statement (the &#147;<b>Registration Statement</b>&#148;) be accelerated to February&nbsp;3, 2021, at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, or as soon thereafter as practicable, unless we or our outside counsel, Gibson, Dunn&nbsp;&amp; Crutcher LLP, request by telephone that such Registration Statement be declared effective at some other time.&#160; In making this acceleration request, the Company acknowledges that it is aware of its obligations under the Act.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Once the Registration Statement is effective, please orally confirm the event with our counsel, Gibson, Dunn&nbsp;&amp; Crutcher LLP by calling Ryan A. Murr at (415) 393-8373.</font></p>
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