Exhibit 7.01

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

Joint Filing Agreement, dated as of June 17, 2016, is by and among the signatories below.

Each of the signatories below may be required to file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission a statement on Schedule 13D with respect to shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Clearside Biomedical, Inc., beneficially owned by it from time to time. Pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 13(d)(1)(k) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each of the signatories below hereby agree to be responsible for the timely filing of the Schedule 13D and any amendments thereto on behalf of the signatories below, and for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning itself contained therein. Each of the signatories below hereby further agree to file this Joint Filing Agreement as an exhibit to the statement and each such amendment, as required by such rule.

This Joint Filing Agreement may be terminated by any of the signatories below upon one week’s prior written notice or such lesser period of notice as the signatories below may mutually agree.

Executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

Date: June 17, 2016

HATTERAS VENTURE ADVISORS III, LLC
By:	/s/ Clay B. Thorp
	Manager
HATTERAS VENTURE PARTNERS III, LP
By:	Hatteras Venture Advisors III, LLC, its general partner
By:	/s/ Clay B. Thorp
	Manager
HATTERAS VENTURE AFFILIATES III, LP
By:	Hatteras Venture Advisors III, LLC, its general partner
By:	/s/ Clay B. Thorp
	Manager

HATTERAS VENTURE ADVISORS IV SBIC, LLC
By:	/s/ Clay B. Thorp
	Manager
HATTERAS VENTURE PARTNERS IV SBIC, LP
By:	Hatteras Venture Advisors IV SBIC, LLC, its general partner
By:	/s/ Clay B. Thorp
	Manager
HATTERAS VENTURE ADVISORS IV, LLC
By:	/s/ Clay B. Thorp
	Manager
HATTERAS VENTURE PARTNERS IV, LP
By:	Hatteras Venture Advisors IV, LLC, its general partner
By:	/s/ Clay B. Thorp
	Manager
HATTERAS NC FUND, LP
By:	Hatteras Venture Advisors IV, LLC, its general partner
By:	/s/ Clay B. Thorp
	Manager
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John C. Crumpler
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Robert A. Ingram

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Kenneth B. Lee
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Clay B. Thorp
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Douglas Reed
By:	/s/ Clay B. Thorp
	Clay B. Thorp, as Attorney-in-Fact

This Agreement was executed by Clay B. Thorp on behalf of the individuals listed above pursuant to a Power of Attorney a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 7.02.