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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-20-275712
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20201023

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BIODESIX INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001439725
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-MEDICAL LABORATORIES [8071]
		IRS NUMBER:				203986492
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2970 WILDERNESS PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			BOULDER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80301
		BUSINESS PHONE:		303-417-0500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2970 WILDERNESS PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			BOULDER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80301
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">October&nbsp;23, 2020 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Via EDGAR </U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">U.S. 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">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. 20549-3720 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Courtney Lindsay</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Joe McCann</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Re:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Biodesix, Inc.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-249260</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>Acceleration Request</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Requested Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;October&nbsp;27, 2020</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Requested Time:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4:00 P.M., Eastern Time</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Biodesix, Inc. (the &#147;<B><U>Company</U></B>&#148;), hereby
requests that the effective date of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">on&nbsp;Form&nbsp;S-1,&nbsp;Registration&nbsp;Number&nbsp;333-249260</FONT></FONT> (the
&#147;<B><U>Registration Statement</U></B>&#148;) be accelerated so that the Company&#146;s Registration Statement will become effective at 4:00&nbsp;P.M., Eastern Time, on October&nbsp;27, 2020, or as soon thereafter as practicable or at such later
time as the Company or its counsel may orally request via telephone call to the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We would appreciate it if, as soon as the Registration Statement is declared effective, you would so inform Samir A. Gandhi of Sidley
Austin&nbsp;LLP at (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">839-5684.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Scott Hutton</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">Robin Harper Cowie, Biodesix, Inc. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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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">David Poticha, Biodesix, Inc. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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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">Frank F. Rahmani, Sidley Austin LLP </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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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">Samir A. Gandhi, Sidley Austin LLP </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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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">Richard D. Truesdell, Jr., Davis Polk&nbsp;&amp; Wardwell LLP </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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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">Yasin Keshvargar, Davis Polk&nbsp;&amp; Wardwell LLP </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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