Aduro Biotech, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADRO) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.02 of Form 8-K, this Current Report on Form 8-K/A (the “Amendment Filing”) updates the disclosures made in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Aduro Biotech, Inc. (the “Company”) on February 21, 2019 (the “Original Filing”) as set forth below. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment Filing does not amend, modify or update the disclosures contained in the Original Filing.
Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
As reported in the Original Filing, on February 19, 2019, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed David H. Mack,Ph.D. to the Board as a ClassIII director.
On March 25, 2019, the Board appointed Dr. Mack, effective immediately, to serve as a member of the Science and Technology Committee of the Board.
About Aduro Biotech, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADRO)
Aduro Biotech, Inc. is a clinical-stage immunotherapy company. The Company is focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of therapies that transform the treatment of various diseases. The Company has developed approximately three technology platforms, which include Live, Attenuated, Double-Deleted (LADD), Stimulator of Interferon Genes (STING) Pathway Activator and B-select monoclonal antibodies. Its LADD product candidates include CRS-207, ADU-623, ADU-741 and ADU-214. Its STING Activator product candidates include ADU-S100. Its LADD technology platform is engineered to express tumor-associated antigens to induce specific and targeted immune responses. Its STING Pathway Activator platform is designed to activate the intracellular STING receptor, resulting in a tumor-specific immune response. Its B-select monoclonal antibody platform includes various immune modulating assets in research and preclinical development.