VWR FUNDING, INC.
100 Matsonford Road
P.O. Box 6660
Radnor, Pennsylvania 19087-8660
April 22, 2013
Via EDGAR Submission
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Attn: | John Reynolds |
| Assistant Director |
| Re: | VWR Funding, Inc. |
| Registration Statement on Form S-4 |
| SEC File No. 333-187731, originally filed on April 4, 2013 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, VWR Funding, Inc. (the “Issuer”), Anachemia Chemicals, LLC, Anachemia Mining, LLC, AMRESCO, LLC, BioExpress, LLC, Sovereign Scientific, LLC, VWR, Inc., VWR International, LLC and VWR Management Services, LLC (collectively with the Issuer, the “Registrants”) hereby request acceleration of the effective date of their Registration Statement on Form S-4 (SEC File No. 333-187731), as amended (the “Registration Statement”), to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, on April 24, 2013 or as soon thereafter as practicable. The Registrants hereby acknowledge their responsibilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as they relate to the proposed public offering of the securities specified in the above-referenced Registration Statement. In addition, the Registrants acknowledge that:
| • | should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or 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 Registrants from their full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and |
| • | the Registrants may not assert 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. |
Please contact Dennis M. Myers, P.C. of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, special counsel to the Registrants, at (312) 862-2000, as soon as the Registration Statement has been declared effective.
Sincerely, | ||
| VWR Funding, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ James M. Kalinovich | |
| Name: | James M. Kalinovich | |
| Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |
| Anachemia Chemicals, LLC | ||
| Anachemia Mining, LLC | ||
| AMRESCO, LLC | ||
| BioExpress, LLC | ||
| Sovereign Scientific, LLC | ||
| VWR, Inc. | ||
| VWR International, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ James M. Kalinovich | |
| Name: | James M. Kalinovich | |
| Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |
| VWR Management Services, LLC | ||
| By: | VWR International, LLC | |
| Its: | Sole Member | |
| By: | /s/ James M. Kalinovich | |
| Name: | James M. Kalinovich | |
| Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |