Form 8-K

8-K — Dare Bioscience, Inc.

Accession: 0001493152-26-045275

Filed: 2026-10-01

Period: 2026-10-01

CIK: 0001401914

SIC: 2834 (PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS)

Item: Regulation FD Disclosure

Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits

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UNITED

STATES

SECURITIES

AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington,

D.C. 20549

FORM

8-K

CURRENT

REPORT

Pursuant

to Section 13 or 15(d)

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date

of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 1, 2026

DARÉ

BIOSCIENCE, INC.

(Exact

name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Dare Bioscience, Inc

Delaware

001-36395

20-4139823

(State

or other jurisdiction

incorporation)

(Commission

File

Number)

(I.R.S.

Employer

Identification

No.)

3655

Nobel Drive, Suite 260

San

Diego, CA 92122

(Address

of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

Registrant’s

telephone number, including area code: (858) 926-7655

Not

Applicable

(Former

name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check

the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under

any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐

Written

communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐

Soliciting

material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐

Pre-commencement

communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐

Pre-commencement

communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

DARE

Nasdaq

Capital Market

Indicate

by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405

of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging

growth company ☐

an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying

with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item

7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

Furnished

as Exhibit 99.1 to this report is a copy of a corporate presentation of Daré Bioscience, Inc. (“Daré” or the

“Company”) dated October 1, 2026, which is incorporated herein by reference. The Company intends to use the presentation

and its contents in various meetings with securities market participants and others, commencing on October 1, 2026.

The

Company plans to make a copy of the presentation available in the “Investors” section of its website (https://ir.darebioscience.com),

on the page titled “Presentations, Events & Webcasts,” under the heading “Presentations.” Information contained

in, or that can be accessed through, the Company’s website or any other website referenced in the presentation is not incorporated

by reference into this report.

The

information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 to this report is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for

purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the

liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Exchange

Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation

by reference language in any such filing, except as the Company expressly sets forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item

9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.

Exhibit

No.

Description

99.1

Daré Bioscience corporate presentation, dated October 1, 2026

104

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SIGNATURES

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.

DARÉ

BIOSCIENCE, INC.

Dated:

October 1, 2026

By:

/s/

Sabrina Martucci Johnson

Name:

Sabrina

Martucci Johnson

Title:

President

and Chief Executive Officer

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