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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000905148-23-000456
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20230519

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Alkermes plc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001520262
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				981007018
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CONNAUGHT HOUSE
		STREET 2:		1 BURLINGTON ROAD
		CITY:			DUBLIN 4
		STATE:			L2
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		00-353-1-772-8000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CONNAUGHT HOUSE
		STREET 2:		1 BURLINGTON ROAD
		CITY:			DUBLIN 4
		STATE:			L2
		ZIP:			00000

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ANTLER SCIENCE TWO PLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20110804

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Antler Science Two Ltd
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20110509
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      <div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><u>Via EDGAR, Email and FedEx</u></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">Christina Chalk</div>
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              <div style="font-weight: bold;">PREC14A preliminary proxy statement filing made on Schedule 14A</div>
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      <div style="margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;">Filed on May 8, 2023 by Alkermes plc</div>
      <div style="margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;">File No. 1-35299</div>
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      <div>Ladies and Gentlemen:</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">On behalf of our client, Alkermes plc (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Company</font>,&#8221; &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">we</font>&#8221; or &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">our</font>&#8221;), set forth below are responses to comments received from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Staff</font>&#8221;) of the Securities and Exchange
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Concurrently with the submission of this letter, we have publicly filed a revised Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A.</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">For your convenience, each response is prefaced by the text of the Staff&#8217;s comment in bold, italicized text. All references to page numbers and captions in our responses correspond to the Preliminary Proxy Statement
        unless otherwise specified. Capitalized terms used in this response letter, but not defined herein, have the meanings given to them in the Preliminary Proxy Statement.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><u>General Information about the Meeting and Voting</u></div>
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              <div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">At the bottom of page 17, you disclose that if a proxy card is returned that specifies a vote on some but not all matters presented on the card, the proxy will be voted on the matters left
                blank in the manner recommended by the board and specified in the registrant's proxy statement. However, the form of proxy addresses only how you will vote a signed but completely unmarked card. Please revise or advise.</div>
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          <div>May 19, 2023<br>
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      <div style="font-weight: bold;">&#160;<u>Proposal 1 &#8211; Election of Directors</u></div>
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                <div><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Rule 14a-4(b)(i) requires you to include a &#8220;WITHHOLD&#8221; option where the voting standard for election of directors is a plurality and where an &#8220;AGAINST&#8221; vote has no legal effect. Here,
                    you have included an &#8220;AGAINST&#8221; voting option despite the fact that your disclosure indicates it will have no legal effect. We note that Irish law requires such an option but U.S. rules prohibit it. See Rule 14a-4(b). Please revise or
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 18pt;"><u>Response</u>: <a name="z_Hlk135221215"></a>The Company has revised its proxy materials to reflect only the following voting options for the election of directors: &#8220;FOR&#8221; and &#8220;WITHHOLD&#8221;.</div>
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                <div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">See our last comment above. Rule 14a-4(b)(i) requires you to include a &#8220;WITHHOLD&#8221; option in an election contest with a plurality voting option. You have included an &#8220;ABSTAIN&#8221; option
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                <div><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Here or where appropriate in the proxy statement, include a statement directing shareholders to Sarissa&#8217;s proxy statement for the information required by Item 7 of Schedule 14A with
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                <div style="font-style: italic;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Disclose what you will do with votes for Sarissa&#8217;s nominees received on your proxy card if Sarissa discontinues its solicitation or fails to solicit the holders of at least
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 18pt;"><u>Response</u>: The Company has addressed this scenario in response to the question &#8220;What happens if Sarissa withdraws or abandons its solicitation or fails to comply with the universal proxy
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                <div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">We note that your proxy card provides for the ability to vote by telephone. It is our understanding that certain voting platforms do not permit telephonic voting for
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