About Aura Biosciences
Aura Biosciences, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, develops precision therapies to treat solid tumors.
The company’s proprietary platform enables the targeting of a range of solid tumors using virus-like particles conjugated with drugs or loaded with nucleic acids to create virus-like drug conjugates.
Its lead candidate is bel-sar, which is in late-stage clinical development for the treatment of patients with primary choroidal melanoma and other ocular oncology indications, as well as in early-stage clinical development in bladder cancer.
It focuses on assessing the safety and efficacy of bel-sar in treating a range of other solid tumors, including bladder cancer.
The company was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.