May 6, 2019
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Attn: | Suzanne Hayes |
| Jeffrey Gabor |
| Joseph McCann |
| Re: | Cortexyme, Inc. Acceleration Request |
Acceleration Request
| Requested Date: | May 8, 2019 | |||
| Requested Time: | 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Cortexyme, 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. 333-230853), as amended, effective at the “Requested Date” and “Requested Time” set forth above or as soon thereafter as practicable.
The Company hereby authorizes Andrew D. Thorpe or Peter M. Lamb, both of whom are attorneys 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 Mr. Thorpe at (415) 773-5970, or in his absence, Mr. Lamb at (650) 289-7117.
269 East Grand Ave.
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Sincerely,
CORTEXYME, INC.
| By:
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/s/ Casey C. Lynch | |
| Name: Casey C. Lynch | ||
| Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
| cc: | Chris Lowe, Cortexyme, Inc. |
| Andrew D. Thorpe, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP |
| Peter M. Lamb, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP |
| Brian J. Cuneo, Latham & Watkins LLP |
| B. Shayne Kennedy LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP |