(Updates)
** Shares of Graybug Vision Inc GRAY.O surge 16.9% to 95
cents premarket after the eye disease-focused drug developer
says it will conduct a strategic review
** Stock set for best day in a year, if gains hold
** GRAY will explore options including potential
acquisition, company sale, merger, divestitures, private
placement of equity securities, or other strategic transactions
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** Co's cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments
total $55.3 mln
** GRAY says it has retained Piper Sandler as a financial
adviser for the review
** Stock down 54.8% this year, as of Monday's close
(Reporting by Ruhi Soni in Bengaluru)
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