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Five Penn Plaza, Suite 2372

New York, NY 10001

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (212) 845-8200

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class			Trading Symbol(s)			Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share			ISEE			The Nasdaq Global Select Market

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Forward-Looking Statements

This Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements of IVERIC bio, Inc. (the “Company”) that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Any statements in this Form 8-K about the Company’s future expectations, plans and prospects constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include any statements about the Company’s strategy, future operations and future expectations and plans and prospects for the Company, and any other statements containing the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend”, “goal,” “may”, “might,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “target,” “potential,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “continue,” and similar expressions. In this Form 8-K, the Company’s forward looking statements include statements about the timing and progress of its second Phase 3 clinical trial (GATHER2) evaluating Zimura for the treatment of geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration and its cash, cash equivalents and available for sale securities balances. Such forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company’s development programs, future results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, those related to the progression and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and responsive measures thereto and related effects on the Company’s research and development programs, operations and financial position, the progress of clinical trials and other research and development programs, reliance on clinical trial sites and other third parties, and other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section contained in the quarterly and annual reports that the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statements represent the Company’s views only as of the date of this Form 8-K. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause its views to change. While the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so except as required by law.