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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-23-116029
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20231109

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001720893
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				821386754
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		555 LONG WHARF DRIVE
		CITY:			NEW HAVEN
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06511
		BUSINESS PHONE:		203-643-8060

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		555 LONG WHARF DRIVE
		CITY:			NEW HAVEN
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06511
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">555 Long Wharf Drive</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">New Haven, CT 06511</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">November 9, 2023</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I>Via EDGAR </I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities and Exchange Commission</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Division of Corporation Finance</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Office of Life Sciences</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">100 F Street, N.E.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Washington, DC 20549</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Attention: Joshua Gorsky</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Re:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 92%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc.</B></FONT>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration Statement on Form S-3 Filed November 2, 2023</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>File No. 333-275261</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">To the addressees set forth above:</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in">Pursuant to Rule 461(a) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. (the &ldquo;<B><I>Company</I></B>&rdquo;) hereby respectfully requests that the effective
date of the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-275261) be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission
to 9:00 a.m. Washington D.C. time on November 14, 2023 or as soon as practicable thereafter.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">The Company requests that we be notified of such
effectiveness by a telephone call to Keith L. Halverstam of Latham &amp; Watkins LLP at (212) 906-1761 or N. Danny Shulman at (212) 906-4510
and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Sincerely,</FONT></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc.</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; width: 45%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Richard Steinhart</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Richard Steinhart</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 96%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Keith L. Halverstam, Latham &amp; Watkins LLP </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">N. Danny Shulman, Latham &amp; Watkins LLP</FONT></TD></TR>
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