0000892251-17-000105.txt : 20180130 0000892251-17-000105.hdr.sgml : 20180130 20171221103822 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000892251-17-000105 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20171221 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000794172 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: IN VITRO & IN VIVO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES [2835] IRS NUMBER: 310888197 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3471 RIVER HILLS DR CITY: CINCINNATI STATE: OH ZIP: 45244 BUSINESS PHONE: 5132713700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3471 RIVER HILLS DRIVE CITY: CINCINNATI STATE: OH ZIP: 45244 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MERIDIAN DIAGNOSTICS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

Meridian Bioscience, Inc.
3471 River Hills Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45244
December 21, 2017

Via Edgar
1933 Act Filing Desk
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549

Re:  File No. 333-221794 Registration Statement on Form S-3
Filed November 29, 2017

Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant named below hereby requests that the effective date of the Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-221794, be accelerated to, and that the Registration Statement be declared effective at, 10:00 a.m. (Washington D.C. time) on December 29, 2017 or as soon as practical thereafter.  In this connection, the registrant confirms that it is aware of its obligations under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as such obligations relate to the proposed offering of securities.
In addition, the registrant acknowledges that:
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should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement;
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the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does not relieve the registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement; and
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the registrant 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.
 
   
Very truly yours,
     
   
Meridian Bioscience, Inc.
     
   
By:/s/ Melissa A. Lueke
   
Melissa A. Lueke,
   
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer

cc: Mr. Mark Reuter (Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL)