** Shares of drug developer Surface Oncology Inc SURF.O
fall 7.95% to $1.24
** Co reports strategic decision to pause internal
development of cancer therapy SRF617 to focus efforts on SRF388
and SRF114 oncology pipeline programs
** Also posted adj. quarterly loss of 39 cents, 5 cents
higher than a year earlier and reported $0 revenue vs average
analyst estimates of $80 thousand - Refinitiv IBES
** Co's shares had risen by 29.8% this quarter and lost
71.8% so far this year
** SURF as a part of the organizational restructuring to
reduce workforce by nearly 20%
** Including session's fall, stock down 74% YTD
(Reporting by Pratik Jain)
((Pratik.Jain@thomsonreuters.com))