Aura Biosciences, Inc. (AURA)
NASDAQ · Pharmaceuticals & Biotech · Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances)
- Price
- $6.45
- Day
- +1.42%
- Market cap
- $668.9M
Close 2026-09-22.
The company
Overview We are a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing precision therapies to treat solid tumors designed to preserve organ function. Our lead candidate bel-sar is in late-stage clinical development for the treatment of patients with early choroidal melanoma (defined as small choroidal melanoma and/or indeterminate lesions) and is also in clinical development for other ocular oncology indications and bladder cancer. There is significant unmet need for novel treatments for patients with choroidal melanoma, given the limitations of the current standard of care, or SoC, and patient reluctance to undergo radiotherapy in the form of either plaque brachytherapy or proton beam therapy, both highly-invasive therapies that result in significant vision loss, and potential legal blindness in the treated eye. Enucleation, or surgical removal of the affected eye, is another treatment option for patients with choroidal melanoma, in which patients lose all vision without the possibility of vision restoration. We are evaluating the safety and efficacy of bel-sar as a potential vision-sparing therapy in our ongoing global Phase 3 CoMpass trial for the first-line treatment of adult patients with early choroidal melanoma. Moreover, we intend to assess the safety and efficacy of bel-sar in treating a range of other solid tumors, beginning with metastases to the choroid and bladder cancer where bel-sar is in clinical development, as well as in cancers of the ocular surface.
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Institutional holders
Largest positions reported on Form 13F for the quarter ended 2026-06-30, by value.
- TCG Crossover Management, LLC — $67.69M
- MONTANOVA CAPITAL, LLC — $51.16M
- Frazier Life Sciences Management, L.P. — $50.41M
- Long Focus Capital Management, LLC — $36.35M
- ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. — $32.94M
- Caligan Partners LP — $30.52M
- VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC — $29.11M
- FCPM III SERVICES B.V. — $28.78M
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sales filed on Form 4, newest first. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are left out.
- Gibney Anthony S (See Remarks) sold 12,824 shares at $6.42 on 2026-06-16
- Matrix Capital Management Company, LP (TenPercentOwner) sold 6,922,870 shares at $5.64 on 2026-05-07
- Kilroy Conor (See Remarks) sold 11,738 shares at $7.02 on 2026-04-16
- Kilroy Conor (See Remarks) sold 12,079 shares at $5.05 on 2026-02-17
- Plavsic Mark (Chief Technology Officer) sold 15,890 shares at $5.05 on 2026-02-17
- Hopkins Janet Jill (Chief Medical Officer) sold 20,401 shares at $5.06 on 2026-02-17
Recent filings
- 4 — 2026-09-01
- 4 — 2026-09-01
- 4 — 2026-09-01
- 4 — 2026-09-01
- 4 — 2026-09-01
- S-8 — 2026-09-01
- EFFECT — 2026-08-20
- SCHEDULE 13G — 2026-08-14
- SCHEDULE 13G/A — 2026-08-14
- 3 — 2026-08-12