VIA EDGAR AND EMAIL
November 6, 2019
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Sonia Bednarowski
Dietrich King
| Re: | 89bio, Inc. |
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-234174)
Dear Ms. Bednarowski and Mr. King:
Reference is made to the letter requests of 89bio, Inc. (the “Company”) and BofA Securities, Inc., SVB Leerink LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC (the “Managing Underwriters”) for acceleration of effectiveness of the above-captioned Registration Statement submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on November 1, 2019 pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (collectively, the “Acceleration Requests”).
The undersigned hereby respectfully request that the Commission withdraw the Acceleration Requests and that it not declare the above-captioned Registration Statement effective until such time as the Company and the Managing Underwriters shall request.
If you have any questions, please contact Ryan A. Murr of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, counsel to the Company, at (415) 393-8373 or via email at rmurr@gibsondunn.com.
| Sincerely, | ||
| 89BIO, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Rohan Palekar | |
| Name: | Rohan Palekar | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
| BOFA SECURITIES, INC. SVB LEERINK LLC RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC | ||
| As representatives of the Underwriters | ||
| BOFA SECURITIES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Michele A.H. Allong | |
| Name: | Michele A.H. Allong | |
| Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
| SVB LEERINK LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Murphy Gallagher | |
| Name: | Murphy Gallagher | |
| Title: | Managing Director | |
| RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Jennifer Caruso | |
| Name: | Jennifer Caruso | |
| Title: | Managing Director | |
| cc: | Ryan A. Murr, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP |
Branden C. Berns, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
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