BioZone Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

550 Sylvan Avenue, Suite 101

Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632

February 13, 2013

VIA EDGAR

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention:      Jennifer Riegel

Jeffery P. Riedler

Re: BioZone Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Registration Statement on Form S-1

File No. 333-176951

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), BioZone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) respectfully requests that the effective date of the registration statement referred to above be accelerated so that it will become effective at 5:30 pm., Washington D.C. time, on February 14, 2013, or as soon thereafter as possible. The Company acknowledges that: 1) should 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; 2) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and 3) the Company may not assert 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.

BIOZONE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

By: /s/ Elliot Maza

Name: Elliot Maza

Title: Chief Executive Officer