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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-25-123577
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250521

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001070494
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	03 Life Sciences
		EIN:				061376651
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12830 EL CAMINO REAL
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92130
		BUSINESS PHONE:		858-558-2871

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		STREET 1:		12830 EL CAMINO REAL
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92130
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>A<SMALL>CADIA</SMALL> P<SMALL>HARMACEUTICALS</SMALL> I<SMALL>NC</SMALL>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">12830 El Camino Real, Suite 400 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">San Diego, California 92130 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">May&nbsp;21, 2025
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities and Exchange Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Corporation
Finance </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Office of Life Sciences </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F. Street N.E. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549-3010 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Alan Campbell </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Filed: May&nbsp;9, 2025 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-287145</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the
&#147;<B>Registrant</B>&#148;) hereby requests that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B>Commission</B>&#148;) take appropriate action to cause the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> to become effective on May&nbsp;23, 2025, at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, or as soon thereafter as is practicable or at such later time as the Registrant may orally request via telephone call to the staff of
the Commission. The Registrant hereby authorizes Carlos Ramirez and Nicholaus Johnson of Cooley LLP, counsel to the Registrant, to make such request on its behalf. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Once the Registration Statement has been declared effective, please orally confirm that event with Carlos Ramirez of Cooley LLP at (858) <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">550-6157</FONT> or, in his absence, Nicholaus Johnson of Cooley LLP at (858) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">550-6198.</FONT> </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Catherine Owen Adams</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Catherine Owen Adams</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title: Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Carlos Ramirez, <I>Cooley LLP</I> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Nicholaus Johnson, <I>Cooley LLP</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jennifer Rhodes, <I>Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">[C<SMALL>OMPANY</SMALL> S<SMALL>IGNATURE</SMALL> P<SMALL>AGE</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> A<SMALL>CCELERATION</SMALL> R<SMALL>EQUEST</SMALL>] </P>
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