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Attn:
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Jessica Dickerson
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Chris Edwards
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Re:
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BeyondSpring Inc.
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Registration Statement on Form F-3
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Filed June 12, 2024
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File No. 333-280153
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We note your ownership of several PRC subsidiaries, including your majority interest in your Chinese subsidiary that owns 100% of the rights to your lead product candidate in China. We further note that a portion
of your assets are located in China, that you maintain an office and have employees in China, and that the majority of your patients for certain clinical trials for your lead product candidate are in China. Please clarify for us whether any
of your officers or directors are also located in China. In addition, to the extent that you do not conduct the majority of your operations in China, please provide us with your analysis supporting this. To the extent that you conduct the
majority of your operations in China, please revise your filing, as applicable, to provide more specific and prominent disclosures about the legal and operational risks associated with China-based companies. For additional guidance, please
see the Division of Corporation Finance’s Sample Letter to China-Based Companies issued by the Staff in December 2021 and the Sample Letter to Companies Regarding China-Specific Disclosures issued by the Staff in July 2023.
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The Company is a Cayman Islands holding company which principally conducts its business operations through its wholly-owned subsidiary, BeyondSpring Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“BeyondSpring US”), and its
majority-owned subsidiaries, SEED Therapeutics Inc. (“SEED”) and SEED Therapeutics US, Inc. (“SEED US”).
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The Company’s business headquarters are located in New Jersey in the United States. BeyondSpring US and SEED US are Delaware corporations and SEED is a British Virgin Islands company headquartered in Pennsylvania in the United States.
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The Company’s management team, including its Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Lan Huang, and Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. June Lu, are based in the United States at the Company’s headquarters. In addition, all members of the Company’s board
of directors reside outside of China.
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Even though the majority of the patients for certain clinical trials for the Company’s lead product candidate are in China, such patients are enrolled (in the U.S., China and other countries) through contractual arrangements with
third-party contract research organizations. These arrangements, as well as arrangements with other third-party collaborators such as service providers for clinical data management, data analysis and clinical data quality control, are managed
by the Company’s employees in the United States.
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A majority of the Company’s research and development (“R&D”) efforts are for clinical trials and pre-clinical R&D in the United States, through arrangements entered into by either
BeyondSpring US, SEED or SEED US. During fiscal year 2023, less than 10% of the Company’s R&D expenses were for clinical trials related operations conducted through the Company’s Chinese subsidiaries and less than 15% of the Company’s
operating expenditures were incurred in China.
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Even though the Company’s Chinese subsidiary owns 100% of the rights in China for its lead asset Plinabulin, the Company owns patent rights to Plinabulin in more than 40 countries outside of China, including some of the largest
pharmaceutical markets, the U.S., Europe and Japan.
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The Company does not use any variable interest entity (VIE) structure.
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Please amend your registration statement to include the signatures of your principal financial officer and your controller or principal accounting officer, signing in such capacities. Refer to the instructions
regarding signatures in Form F-3.
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Very truly yours,
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/s/ Lan Huang
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Lan Huang
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Chief Executive Officer
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cc:
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Michael J. Hong
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Deni Li
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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