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STATES\n\nSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION\n\nWASHINGTON, DC 20549\n\n \n\nFORM 10-Q\n\n \n\n(Mark One)\n\n☒\n\nQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934\n\nFor the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026\n\nOR\n\n☐\n\nTRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934\n\nFor the transition period from ___________________ to ___________________\n\nCommission File Number: 001-40971\n\n \n\nAURA BIOSCIENCES, INC.\n\n(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)\n\n \n\n \n\nDelaware\n\n32-0271970\n\n(State or other jurisdiction of\n\nincorporation or organization)\n\n(I.R.S. Employer\nIdentification No.)\n\n80 Guest Street\n\nBoston, MA\n\n02135\n\n(Address of principal executive offices)\n\n(Zip Code)\n\nRegistrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 500-8864\n\n \n\n(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)\n\n \n\nSecurities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:\n\n \n\nTitle of each class\n\n \n\nTrading\n\nSymbol(s)\n\n \n\nName of each exchange on which registered\n\nCommon Stock, par value $0.00001 per share\n\n \n\nAURA\n\n \n\nNasdaq Global Market LLC\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.\n\n \n\nLarge accelerated filer\n\n☐\n\nAccelerated filer\n\n☐\n\nNon-accelerated filer\n\n☒\n\nSmaller reporting company\n\n☒\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nEmerging growth company\n\n \n\n☒\n\n \n\nIf an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒\n\nAs of May 8, 2026, the Registrant had 103,386,558 shares of common stock, $0.00001 par value per share, outstanding.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nSummary of the Material Risks Associated with Our Business\n\n \n\nOur business is subject to numerous material and other risks and uncertainties that you should be aware of in evaluating our business. These risks are described more fully in Part II, “Item 1A—Risk Factors,” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and include, but are not limited to, the following:\n\n•\nWe have incurred significant net losses since our inception and anticipate that we will continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future.\n\n•\nRaising additional capital may cause dilution to our existing stockholders, restrict our operations or require us to relinquish proprietary rights to our technologies or product candidates.\n\n•\nOur ability to generate revenue and achieve profitability depends significantly on our ability to achieve our objectives relating to the discovery, development, regulatory approval and commercialization of our product candidates.\n\n•\nWe are heavily dependent on the success of belzupacap sarotalocan, or bel-sar, our only product candidate to date.\n\n•\nIf we are not able to obtain, or if there are delays in obtaining, required regulatory approvals for bel-sar, we will not be able to commercialize, or will be delayed in commercializing, our product candidates, and our ability to generate revenue will be materially impaired.\n\n•\nWe have initiated but not yet completed a pivotal clinical trial nor have we commercialized any pharmaceutical products, which may make it difficult to evaluate our future prospects.\n\n•\nIf we fail to develop additional product candidates, or obtain additional indications of our first product candidate, our commercial opportunity could be limited.\n\n•\nThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s agreement to a Special Protocol Assessment with respect to the study design of our global Phase 3 trial of bel-sar for the treatment of early choroidal melanoma does not guarantee any particular outcome from regulatory review, including ultimate approval, and may not lead to a successful review or approval process.\n\n•\nWe rely on third parties to conduct our clinical trials and some aspects of our research and preclinical testing, and expect to continue to do so, and those third parties may not perform satisfactorily, including failing to meet deadlines for the completion of such trials, research or testing.\n\n•\nWe currently rely on third-party contract development and manufacturing organizations, or CDMOs, for the production of clinical supply of bel-sar and may continue to rely on CDMOs for the production of commercial supply of bel-sar, if approved. This reliance on CDMOs increases the risk that we will not have sufficient quantities of such materials, product candidates, or any therapies that we may develop and commercialize, or that such supply will not be available to us at an acceptable cost, which could delay, prevent, or impair our development or commercialization efforts.\n\n•\nIf bel-sar or any future product candidates do not achieve broad market acceptance, the revenue that we generate from their sales may be limited, and we may never become profitable.\n\n•\nIf the market opportunity for bel-sar is smaller than we estimate or if any regulatory approval that we obtain is based on a narrower definition of the patient population, our revenue and ability to achieve profitability will be adversely affected, possibly materially.\n\n•\nOur ability to compete may decline if we do not adequately protect our proprietary rights, and our proprietary rights do not necessarily address all potential threats to our competitive advantage.\n\n•\nIf we lose key management personnel, or if we fail to recruit additional highly skilled personnel, our ability to pursue our business strategy will be impaired, could result in loss of markets or market share and could make us less competitive.\n\n•\nArtificial intelligence presents risks and challenges that can impact our business including by posing security risks to our confidential information, proprietary information, and personal data.\n\n•\nBusiness disruptions could seriously harm our future revenue and financial condition and increase our costs and expenses.\n\n•\nOur principal stockholders and management own a significant percentage of our stock and will be able to exert significant influence over matters subject to stockholder approval.\n\n \n\ni\n\n \n\nSpecial Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements\n\n \n\nThis Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, or Quarterly Report, contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Quarterly Report are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “expects”, “intends”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “predicts”, “potential”, “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are not guarantees of future results or performance and involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report include, but are not limited to, statements about:\n\n•\nthe initiation, timing, progress, results and cost of our research and development programs and our current and future nonclinical, preclinical studies and clinical trials, including statements regarding the timing of initiation and completion of studies or trials and related preparatory work, the period during which the results of the trials will become available and our research and development programs;\n\n•\nour ability to efficiently develop our existing product candidates and discover new product candidates;\n\n•\nour ability to successfully manufacture our drug substances and product candidates for preclinical use, for clinical trials and on a larger scale for commercial use, if approved;\n\n•\nthe ability and willingness of our third-party strategic collaborators to continue research and development and other activities relating to our development candidates and product candidates;\n\n•\nour ability to obtain funding for our operations necessary to complete further development and commercialization of our product candidates;\n\n•\nour ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval of our product candidates;\n\n•\nour ability to commercialize our products, if approved;\n\n•\nthe pricing and reimbursement of our product candidates, if approved;\n\n•\nthe implementation of our business model, and strategic plans for our business and product candidates;\n\n•\nthe scope of protection we are able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering our product candidates;\n\n•\nestimates of our future expenses, revenues, capital requirements and our needs for additional financing;\n\n•\nthe potential benefits of strategic collaboration agreements, our ability to enter into strategic collaborations or arrangements and our ability to attract collaborators with development, regulatory and commercialization expertise;\n\n•\nfuture agreements with third parties in connection with the commercialization of product candidates and any other approved product;\n\n•\nthe size and growth potential of the markets for our product candidates and our ability to serve those markets;\n\n•\nour financial performance;\n\n•\nthe rate and degree of market acceptance of our product candidates;\n\n•\nregulatory developments in the United States and foreign countries;\n\n•\nour ability to produce our products or product candidates with advantages in turnaround times or manufacturing cost;\n\n•\nthe success of competing therapies that are or may become available;\n\n•\nour ability to attract and retain key scientific or management personnel;\n\n•\nthe impact of laws and regulations;\n\n•\ndevelopments relating to our competitors and our industry;\n\n•\nthe effects of macroeconomic conditions, including rising interest rates, inflation, capital market disruptions, changes in governmental agencies, government shutdowns, international tariffs, trade protection measures, economic sanctions and economic slowdowns or recessions, on our business operations; and\n\n•\nother risks and uncertainties, including those listed under the caption “Risk Factors.”\n\nii\n\n \n\nTable of Contents\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nPage\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n[SUMMARY OF RISKS](#summary_of_the_material_risks)\n\ni\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nPART I.\n\n[FINANCIAL INFORMATION](#part_i_financial_information)\n\n1"}