RADIUS HEALTH, INC.
201 Broadway, 6th Floor
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
June 4, 2014
VIA EDGAR Transmission
Mr. John Reynolds
Assistant Director
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Mail Stop 3720
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Radius Health, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed February 26, 2014
File No. 333-194150
Dear Mr. Reynolds:
In accordance with Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, we hereby request the acceleration of the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement so that it will become effective June 5, 2014, at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, or as soon thereafter as practicable. Please call Peter Kim at (617) 948-6009 to provide notice of effectiveness.
In connection with this request for effectiveness, Radius Health, Inc. (the “Company”) acknowledges the following:
· should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
· the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
· the Company 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.
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| By: | /s/ Robert E. Ward |
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| Robert E. Ward |
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| President and Chief Executive Officer |
cc: Peter Handrinos, Esq.
Shayne Kennedy, Esq.
Peter Kim, Esq.
