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VIA EDGAR

September 23, 2016

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F. Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549-3628

 

Attention:		John Reynolds
		Ruairi Regan
		Brigitte Lippman

 

Re:		Fulgent Genetics, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-1
		File No. 333-213469
		Acceleration Request

Ladies and Gentlemen:

As representatives of the several underwriters of the proposed public offering of 4,600,000 shares of common stock of Fulgent Genetics, Inc. (the “Company”), plus up to an additional 690,000 shares of common stock of the Company that the participating underwriters have the option to purchase, we hereby join the Company’s request to accelerate the date of the above-referenced Registration Statement, as then amended, effective as of 4:30 p.m. (New York time) on September 27, 2016, or as soon thereafter as is practicable.

Pursuant to Rule 460 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, we wish to advise you that we have distributed approximately 1,328 copies of the Company’s preliminary prospectus, dated September 19, 2016, through the date hereof, to underwriters, dealers, institutions and others. The undersigned have been informed by the participating underwriters that they have complied and will continue to comply with Rule 15c2-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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