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                               March 18, 2024

       Marc Began
       Executive Vice President and General Counsel
       Axogen, Inc.
       13631 Progress Boulevard
       Suite 400
       Alachua, Florida 32615

                                                        Re: Axogen, Inc.
                                                            Registration 
Statement on Form S-3
                                                            Filed March 6, 2024
                                                            File No. 333-277689

       Dear Marc Began:

              We have conducted a limited review of your registration statement 
and have the
       following comment.

              Please respond to this letter by amending your registration 
statement and providing the
       requested information. If you do not believe a comment applies 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 this letter, we may have additional comments.

       Registration Statement on Form S-3

       Selling Securityholders, page 28

   1.                                                   You indicate that you 
are registering $100 million of securities on behalf of the company
                                                        and selling 
securityholders. On page 28, you disclose that    [i]nformation about selling
                                                        securityholders, where 
applicable, will be set forth in a prospectus supplement, in a post-
                                                        effective amendment or 
in filings we make with the SEC under the Exchange Act that are
                                                        incorporated by 
reference.    Please revise to identify the initial transaction(s) pursuant to
                                                        which the securities 
the selling securityholders are offering were originally sold. Please
                                                        also clarify that the 
initial offering was completed and the securities were issued and
                                                        outstanding prior to 
filing this registration statement on Form S-3. Revise your fee table,
                                                        prospectus cover page 
and elsewhere as appropriate to disclose the aggregate number of
                                                        shares being registered 
for resale. File a revised legal opinion that covers the securities to
                                                        be offered for resale 
by the selling securityholders. Refer to Securities Act Rule
 Marc Began
Axogen, Inc.
March 18, 2024
Page 2
       430B(b)(2) and General Instruction II.G of Form S-3. For additional 
guidance, refer to
       Questions 228.03 and 228.04 of our Securities Act Rules Compliance and 
Disclosure
       Interpretations.
        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.

       Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please 
allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of 
the registration
statement.

       Please contact Robert Augustin at 202-551-8483 or Jane Park at 
202-551-7439 with any
other questions.



                                                           Sincerely,

FirstName LastNameMarc Began                               Division of 
Corporation Finance
                                                           Office of Industrial 
Applications and
Comapany NameAxogen, Inc.
                                                           Services
March 18, 2024 Page 2
cc:       Jackie Liu
FirstName LastName