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          <ccc>XXXXXXXX</ccc>
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      <liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>



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      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>04/09/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
        <issuerCik>0001494650</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>OptiNose, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerCusip>68404V209</issuerCusip>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <com:street1>777 Township Line Road</com:street1>
          <com:street2>Suite 300</com:street2>
          <com:city>Yardley</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>PA</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>19067</com:zipCode>
        </issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </issuerInfo>
      <designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(c)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>KINGDON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.</reportingPersonName>
      <memberGroup>b</memberGroup>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>520485.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>520485.00</sharedDispositivePower>
      </reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>520485.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>5.1</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>IA</typeOfReportingPerson>
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      <reportingPersonName>MARK KINGDON</reportingPersonName>
      <memberGroup>b</memberGroup>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>X1</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>520485.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>520485.00</sharedDispositivePower>
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      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>520485.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>5.1</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>HC</typeOfReportingPerson>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>IN</typeOfReportingPerson>
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      <item1>
        <issuerName>OptiNose, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>777 Township Line Road, Suite 300, Yardley, Pennsylvania 19067</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </item1>
      <item2>
        <filingPersonName>Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C.
Mark Kingdon</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C.
152 West 57th Street, 50th Floor
New York, New York 10019
United States of America

Mark Kingdon
c/o Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C.
152 West 57th Street, 50th Floor
New York, New York 10019
United States of America</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C. - Delaware
Mark Kingdon - United States</citizenship>
      </item2>
      <item3>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item3>
      <item4>
        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C. - 520,485
Mark Kingdon - 520,485</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <classPercent>Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C. - 5.1%
Mark Kingdon - 5.1%</classPercent>
        <numberOfSharesPersonHas>
          <solePowerOrDirectToVote>Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C. - 0
Mark Kingdon - 0</solePowerOrDirectToVote>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C. - 520,485
Mark Kingdon - 520,485</sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>
          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C. - 0
Mark Kingdon - 0</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C. - 520,485
Mark Kingdon - 520,485</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
        </numberOfSharesPersonHas>
      </item4>
      <item5>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item5>
      <item6>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>All of the securities reported in this Schedule 13G are directly owned by advisory clients of Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C. None of those advisory clients may be deemed to beneficially own more than 5% of the Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share.</ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>
      </item6>
      <item7>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>Please see Exhibit B attached hereto.</subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>
      </item7>
      <item8>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item8>
      <item9>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item9>
      <item10>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11.</certifications>
      </item10>
    </items>
    <exhibitInfo>Exhibit A - Joint Filing Agreement

Exhibit B - Control Person Identification</exhibitInfo>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>KINGDON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>By: /s/ Richard Weinstein</signature>
        <title>Richard Weinstein, Chief Operating Officer &amp; General Counsel</title>
        <date>04/14/2025</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>MARK KINGDON</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>By: /s/ Mark Kingdon</signature>
        <title>Mark Kingdon</title>
        <date>04/14/2025</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureComments>* Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his, her or its pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that such Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

To the extent that "ownership of 5 percent or less of a class" was indicated in Item 5, such response only applies to the Reporting Person(s) that indicated elsewhere herein that it beneficially owns five percent (5%) or less of the class.</signatureComments>
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