Nektar Therapeutics

Nektar Therapeutics is a research-based development stage biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops innovative medicines in areas of high unmet medical need. Our R&D pipeline of new investigational drugs includes treatments for cancer and auto-immune disease. We leverage Nektar’s proprietary and proven chemistry platform in the discovery and design of our new drug candidates. Our success is rooted in four key elements: our track record reflected by a portfolio of successful approved medicines which emanated from our chemistry platform and are made available globally by our pharmaceutical partners, our unique research and development pipeline of new investigational medicines in cancer and immunology, our proprietary and proven science and technology approach that fuels our discovery efforts and our team of dedicated scientists, clinicians and employees focused on bringing new medicines to patients with debilitating diseases.

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455 Mission Bay Blvd
South San Francisco, CA 94158
Stock Symbol: NKTR
Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
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NEWS
Novo’s weight-loss drug Wegovy improves cardiovascular outcomes, Novavax posts surprise Q2 profit, while Nektar Therapeutics files lawsuit against Eli Lilly for misconduct in drug development deal.
In a lawsuit filed Monday, Nektar Therapeutics accused Eli Lilly of scheming to ensure rezpegaldesleukin would not succeed after acquiring a competing medicine.
Rezpegaldesleukin, Lilly’s and Nektar Therapeutics’ candidate for systemic lupus erythematosus, fell short of its primary efficacy endpoint in the Phase II ISLAND trial.
Last week, rumors spread that PureTech Health was preparing to merge with Nektar Therapeutics. Now the deal, never officially announced, has been called off.
The ESMO conference is serving as a post-mortem on the trials that sunk the multi-billion-dollar partnership between Bristol-Myers Squibb and Nektar Therapeutics.
Novartis, Nektar and BridgeBio confirm their plans to restructure their operation, including a number of their employees being laid off.
Nektar Therapeutics outlined a strategic reorganization plan that includes cutting 70% of its workforce. This comes only weeks after BMS abandoned its clinical collaboration program with Nektar.
Bristol Myers Squibb and Nektar Therapeutics ended their global clinical program for potential bladder cancer and renal cell carcinoma treatment.
After the announcement, Nektar shares dropped 36%, going from $6.47 per share to $4.16.
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