March 18, 2025 W. Marc Hertz President and Chief Executive Officer GRI Bio, Inc. 2223 Avenida de la Playa, #208 La Jolla, CA 92037 Re: GRI Bio, Inc. Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 Submitted March 14, 2025 CIK No. 0001824293 Dear W. Marc Hertz: This is to advise you that we do not intend to review your registration statement. We request that you publicly file your registration statement no later than 48 hours prior to the requested effective date and time. Please refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff. Please contact Daniel Crawford at 202-551-7767 with any questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Life Sciences cc: Jason Miller, Esq.