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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On June 22, 2022, Aura Biosciences, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release titled “Aura Biosciences Reports Topline Data from a Retrospective Study of Belzupacap Sarotalocan (AU-011) versus Radiotherapy Supporting the Value of a Vision Preserving Therapy for the Treatment of Patients with Early-Stage Choroidal Melanoma.” The Company presented the data at the 20th congress of the International Society of Ocular Oncology on June 19, 2022. A copy of the press release and a copy of the presentation are attached as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
The information furnished under this Item 7.01, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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| 99.1 | Press Release issued by the Company, dated June 22, 2022, furnished herewith. | |
| 99.2 | Aura Biosciences, Inc. 2022 ISOO Presentation, dated June 19, 2022, furnished herewith. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: June 22, 2022 | AURA BIOSCIENCES, INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Elisabet de los Pinos | |||||
| Elisabet de los Pinos, Ph.D. | ||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||