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Aura Biosciences

www.aurabiosciences.com

 
Aura Biosciences is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing virus-like drug conjugates (VDC), a novel class of therapies, for the treatment of multiple oncology indications. At Aura, our mission is to deliver meaningful therapeutic benefit to a range of cancer indications with high unmet need in which we believe we can establish a new standard of care. We are driven by our passion and commitment to science and the patients battling cancer who are relying on us to pioneer these new therapies. We are focusing the initial development of our VDC technology platform to treat tumors of high unmet need in ...
  • Number of Employees: 100-250
  • Annual Revenue: $10-50 Million

Executives

Name Title Contact Details
Mark Plavsic
Chief Technology Officer Profile

Funding

Aura Biosciences raised $30M on 12/21/2017
Aura Biosciences raised $220M on 03/22/2021

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