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                              November 13, 2023

       Keith Goldan
       Chief Financial Officer
       Syndax Pharmaceuticals Inc
       35 Gatehouse Drive, Building D, Floor 3
       Waltham, Massachusetts 02451

                                                        Re: Syndax 
Pharmaceuticals Inc
                                                            Form 10K for Fiscal 
Year Ended December 31, 2022
                                                            File No. 001-37708

       Dear Keith Goldan:

              We have limited our review of your filing to the financial 
statements and related
       disclosures and have the following comment.

              Please respond to this letter within ten business days by 
providing the requested
       information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If 
you do not believe a
       comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in 
your response.

                                                        After reviewing your 
response to this letter, we may have additional comments.

       Form 10K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022

       Item 7. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and 
Results of Operations
       Results of Operations
       Research and Development, page 62

   1.                                                   We note in your 
discussion of research and development expenses you attribute a portion
                                                        of the increased 
expenses to study activities related to your product candidates, axatilimab
                                                        and revumenib. Please 
revise your future filings to address the following regarding your
                                                        research and 
development expense:

                                                              Revise to 
separately quantify the research and development costs tracked during each
                                                            period presented 
for each of your key research and development projects.
                                                              For all other 
research and development expenses, provide other quantitative or
                                                            qualitative 
disclosure that provides more transparency as to the type of research and
                                                            development 
expenses incurred (i.e. quantify by nature or type of expense).
                                                              Separately 
quantify the amount of cost reimbursements that are recorded during the
                                                            period as a 
reduction to research and development expense.
 Keith Goldan
Syndax Pharmaceuticals Inc
November 13, 2023
Page 2
                The total of costs broken out should reconcile to total 
research and development
              expense on the Statements of Operations.

       In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are 
responsible for the
accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, 
comments, action or
absence of action by the staff.

       Please contact Eric Atallah at 202-551-3663 or Daniel Gordon at 
202-551-3486 with any
questions.



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