0001193125-21-315418.txt : 20211203 0001193125-21-315418.hdr.sgml : 20211203 20211101161759 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-21-315418 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20211101 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BioAtla, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001826892 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836] IRS NUMBER: 851922320 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11085 TORREYANA ROAD CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92121 BUSINESS PHONE: 858-558-0708 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11085 TORREYANA ROAD CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92121 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm CORRESP

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11085 Torreyana Road

San Diego, CA 92121

November 1, 2021

VIA EDGAR

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Attn:

Joseph McCann, Office of Life Sciences

 

Re:

BioAtla, Inc.

Registration Statement on Form S-1

Filed October 22, 2021

File No. 333-260440

REQUEST FOR ACCELERATION OF EFFECTIVENESS

Acceleration Request

        Requested Date:    November 3, 2021
        Requested Time:    4:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, BioAtla, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) take appropriate action to declare the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-260440) effective at the “Requested Date” and “Requested Time” set forth above or as soon thereafter as practicable.

The Company hereby authorizes Niki Fang, who is an attorney with the Company’s outside legal counsel, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, to orally modify or withdraw this request for acceleration.

The Company requests that it be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Ms. Fang at (415) 773-5540.

[Signature page follows]


Sincerely,
BIOATLA, INC.
By:  

/s/ Richard Waldron

  Name: Richard Waldron
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

cc:

Niki Fang, Esq., Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

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