As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 2023

Registration No. 333-            

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

BRIDGEBIO PHARMA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

BRIDGEBIO PHARMA, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED 2019 INDUCEMENT EQUITY PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

Brian C. Stephenson

Chief Financial Officer

BridgeBio Pharma, Inc.

3160 Porter Drive, Suite 250

Palo Alto, CA 94304

(Name and address of agent for service)

(650) 391-9740

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Mitchell S. Bloom, Esq.

Maggie L. Wong, Esq.

Natalie T. Martirossian, Esq.

Goodwin Procter LLP

3 Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 733-6000

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐

REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES

PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (“BridgeBio”) is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register an additional 1,000,000 shares of its common stock, $0.001 par value per share under the BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. Amended and Restated 2019 Inducement Equity Plan (formerly known as the BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. 2019 Inducement Equity Plan) (the “Inducement Plan”). Such additional shares are of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement relating to the Inducement Plan has previously been filed and is effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 regarding Registration of Additional Securities, the contents of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.  333-234803), filed with the Commission on November 20, 2019, is hereby incorporated by reference.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 8. Exhibits.

See the Exhibit Index below for a list of exhibits filed as part of this registration statement on Form S-8, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.

EXHIBIT INDEX

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Palo Alto, State of California, this 4th day of May, 2023.

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENT, that each individual whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Neil Kumar and Brian C. Stephenson as such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated below.

Exhibit 5.1

				Goodwin Procter LLP Three Embarcadero Center San Francisco, CA 94111 goodwinlaw.com +1 415 733 6000

May 4, 2023

BridgeBio Pharma, Inc.

3160 Porter Drive, Suite 250

Palo Alto, CA 94304

We have acted as counsel to you in connection with your filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on or about the date hereof relating to an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, $0.001 par value per share (“Common Stock”), of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), that may be issued pursuant to the BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. Amended and Restated 2019 Inducement Equity Plan (formerly known as the BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. 2019 Inducement Equity Plan) (the “Inducement Plan”).

We have reviewed such documents and made such examination of law as we have deemed appropriate to give the opinions set forth below. We have relied, without independent verification, on certificates of public officials and, as to matters of fact material to the opinion set forth below, on certificates of officers of the Company .

The opinion set forth below is limited to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

For purposes of the opinion set forth below, we have assumed that no event occurs that causes the number of authorized shares of Common Stock available for issuance by the Company to be less than the number of then unissued Shares.

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, upon issuance and delivery against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Inducement Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

This opinion letter and the opinion it contains shall be interpreted in accordance with the Core Opinion Principles as published in 74 Business Lawyer 815 (Summer 2019).

We hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving our consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our reports dated February 23, 2023, relating to the financial statements of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. and the effectiveness of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Exhibit 107

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE TABLE

Form S-8

(Form Type)

BridgeBio Pharma, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Newly Registered Securities