# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001698530
**File Stem:** 0001698530-25-000065
**Filing Date:** 2025-7
**Character Count:** 2407
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001698530-25-000065.hdr.sgml**: 20250819

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001698530-25-000065

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: CORRESP

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250718

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** EXICURE, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001698530
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 03 Life Sciences
- **EIN:** 815333008
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** CORRESP

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 2430 N. HALSTED ST.
- **CITY:** CHICAGO
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60614
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 847-673-1707

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 2430 N. HALSTED ST.
- **CITY:** CHICAGO
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60614

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Max-1 Acquisition Corp
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20170221

**Exicure, Inc.**<br> 400 Seaport Court, Suite 102

Redwood City, California 94063

July 18, 2025

**<u>VIA EDGAR</u>**

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission<br>Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.<br>Washington, D.C. 20549

Attn: Jason Drory

**Re:**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exicure, Inc.<br>Registration Statement on Form S-1<br>File No. 333-288658

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "<u>Act</u>"), Exicure, Inc. (the "<u>Company</u>"), hereby requests that the effective date of the above-referenced registration statement (the "<u>Registration Statement</u>") be accelerated to July 22, 2025, at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, or as soon thereafter as practicable, unless we or our outside counsel, Baker & Hostetler LLP, request by telephone that such Registration Statement be declared effective at some other time. In making this acceleration request, the Company acknowledges that it is aware of its obligations under the Act.

We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Margaret I. Butler of Baker & Hostetler LLP, counsel to the Company, at (212) 589-4668 and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.

Very truly yours,

Exicure, Inc.

By: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>/s/ Andy Yoo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Andy Yoo

President and Chief Executive Officer

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