auph-20220919

Canada

001-36421

98-1231763

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission File No.)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

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On September 19, 2022, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Aurinia or the Company) announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization of LUPKYNIS® (voclosporin) to treat adults with active lupus nephritis (LN), a serious complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved LUPKYNIS on January 22, 2021, in combination with a background immunosuppressive therapy regimen to treat adult patients with active LN. The centralized marketing authorization is valid in all European Union (EU) member states as well as in Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Northern Ireland.

As part of its December 2020 collaboration and licensing agreement with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Aurinia will receive a $30.0 million approval-related milestone payment to be recognized as revenue in the quarter, with receipt of cash to follow within 30 days of invoicing.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference into any of our filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing. The furnishing of this information hereby shall not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any such information.


Item 5.02			Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On September 19, 2022, Timothy P. Walbert, a member of the board of directors (the Board) of Aurinia, notified the Company of his intent to resign from the Board, effective at the close of business on September 19, 2022. Mr. Walbert's departure from the Board is not due to any disagreement with the Company or the Board on any matter relating to the operations, policies or practices of the Company.


Exhibit No.						Description
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



						AURINIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

			By:			/s/ Stephen P. Robertson
			Name:			Stephen P. Robertson
			Title:			EVP, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer


Item 7.01			Regulation FD Disclosure.


Item 9.01			Financial Statements and Exhibits