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December 7, 2022
Thomas R. Cannell, D.V.M.
Chief Executive Officer
Sesen Bio, Inc.
245 First Street, Suite 1800
Cambridge, MA 02142
Re: Sesen Bio, Inc.
Amendment No. 1 to
Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed November 22,
2022
File No. 333-267891
Dear Thomas R. Cannell:
We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the
following
comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with
information so we
may better understand your disclosure.
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration
statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your
facts and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell
us why in your
response.
After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and
the information you
provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.
Unless we note
otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our
November 10, 2022 letter.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
Cover Page
1. It appears that the
shares to be sold in the Carisma pre-closing financing are included in
the shares to be
registered in this registration statement. The investors in the Carisma pre-
closing financing made
their investment decision in a private offering and, therefore, the
sale must close
privately. Please remove the Carisma pre-closing financing shares from
the registration
statement.
Carisma Business, page 234
2. We note your revisions
in response to comment 17. Please revise the first chart on page
240 to remove the
reference to the "therapeutic efficacy" of Carisma's approach.
Thomas R. Cannell, D.V.M.
Sesen Bio, Inc.
December 7, 2022
Page 2
Carisma's Pipeline Programs, page 235
3. We note your response to prior comment 19 and re-issue. Please explain
why CT-0525
is sufficiently material to Carisma's business to warrant inclusion in
the pipeline table.
Carisma's Strategy, page 237
4. We note your response to prior comment 18 and re-issue in part. Please
revise your
statement on page 237 that you intend to "[r]apidly advance" CT-0508
through clinical
development to remove any implication that Carisma will be able to
advance its product
candidates in a rapid or accelerated manner.
You may contact Vanessa Robertson at 202-551-3649 or Sasha Parikh at
202-551-3627 if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters. Please
contact Dillon Hagius at 202-551-7967 or Ada D. Sarmento at 202-551-3798 with
any other
questions.
Sincerely,
FirstName LastNameThomas R. Cannell, D.V.M.
Division of
Corporation Finance
Comapany NameSesen Bio, Inc.
Office of Life
Sciences
December 7, 2022 Page 2
cc: Steven J. Abrams, Esq.
FirstName LastName