LETTER 1 apns-0l.txt ACCTG CMNTS DATED 10/29/04 - ITEM 4 8-K FILED 10/25/04 - YOUNG Via Facsimile and U.S. Mail Mail Stop 03-09 October 29, 2004 Mr. David Ellison Chief Financial Officer Applied Neurosolutions, Inc. 50 Lakeview Parkway, Suite 111 Vernon Hills, IL 60061 Re: Applied Neurosolutions, Inc. Form 8-K filed October 25, 2004 File No. 001-13835 Dear Mr. Ellison: We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments. Where indicated, we think you should revise your document in response to these comments. If you disagree, we will consider your explanation as to why our comment is inapplicable or a revision is unnecessary. Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with supplemental information so we may better understand your disclosure. After reviewing this information, we may or may not raise additional comments. Please understand that the purpose of our review process is to assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing. We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome any questions you may have about our comments or on any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed at the end of this letter. 1. We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filings reviewed by the staff to be certain that they have provided all information investors require. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts relating to a company`s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made. In connection with responding to our comments, please provide, in writing, a statement from the company acknowledging that * the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; * staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments in the filings reviewed by the staff do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and * the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. In addition, please be advised that the Division of Enforcement has access to all information you provide to the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance in our review of your filing or in response to our comments on your filing. 2. Please revise your filing to state whether the former accountant resigned, declined to stand for re-election or was dismissed, as required by Item 304(a)(1)(i) of Regulation S-B. It is not sufficient to state that you decided to end your engagement of your former accountant, as that wording is unclear. 3. In providing the disclosures required by Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K, please revise you filing to specifically address the two most recent fiscal years and the subsequent interim period through the date that the former accountant either resigned, declined to stand for re-election, or was dismissed, as "in connection with its audits" may not be sufficiently inclusive. 4. Please file a letter from the former accountant addressing the revised disclosures. Please file your supplemental response and amendment via EDGAR in response to these comments within 5 business days of the date of this letter. Please note that if you require longer than 5 business days to respond, you should contact the staff immediately to request additional time. Direct any questions regarding the above to me at (202) 942-2902. Sincerely, Oscar M. Young, Jr. Staff Accountant Mr. David Ellison Applied Neurosolutions, Inc. Page 1