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Nektar Therapeutics

NKTR

Market cap $1.41B

41.17 USD

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About: Nektar Therapeutics is a clinical-stage, research-based biopharmaceutical company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and incorporated in Delaware, focused on discovering and developing medicines in the field of immunotherapy. The Company directs its efforts toward creating immunomodulatory agents that selectively induce, amplify, attenuate, or prevent immune responses to achieve desired therapeutic outcomes. Its pipeline of clinical-stage and preclinical-stage immunomodulatory agents targets the treatment of autoimmune diseases, including rezpegaldesleukin, NKTR-0165, NKTR-0166, and NKTR-422, as well as cancer, including NKTR-255.

Employees: 63

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Cedar Grove Capital Q3 2026 Portfolio Update

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Cedar Grove Capital Q3 2026 Portfolio Update

Nektar Therapeutics: Downgrade To Hold On REZPEG Market Outlook Setback And More

Nektar Therapeutics is downgraded from Strong Buy to Hold due to safety concerns with REZPEG despite positive efficacy data. Phase 2b REZOLVE-AA study showed 63% off-treatment durability but 91.7% injection site reactions, raising doubts about REZPEG's market potential in AA. NKTR maintains a strong cash position [$1.02B as of June 2026], sufficient to fund operations into Q3 2028, reducing near-term dilution risk.

Nektar Therapeutics: Downgrade To Hold On REZPEG Market Outlook Setback And More

Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) Shareholder/Analyst Call Transcript

Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) Shareholder/Analyst Call Transcript

Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) Shareholder/Analyst Call Transcript

Nektar REZPEG Data Show Durable Hair Regrowth, Set Up Phase III Alopecia Trial

Nektar Therapeutics NASDAQ: NKTR presented new clinical and biomarker findings for rezpegaldesleukin, or REZPEG, at the EADV 2026 Congress, highlighting six-month off-treatment results in severe to very severe alopecia areata and molecular findings from its Phase IIb atopic dermatitis program.

Nektar REZPEG Data Show Durable Hair Regrowth, Set Up Phase III Alopecia Trial

Nektar Stock Sinks Despite Promising Hair Loss Treatment Data

Nektar Therapeutics reports sustained hair regrowth after treatment ended, while analysts see positive implications for a competing drug.

Nektar Stock Sinks Despite Promising Hair Loss Treatment Data

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Nektar Therapeutics Tumbles Despite Long-Term Benefit From Alopecia Drug

Nektar Therapeutics stock took a hit Thursday despite test results that suggested its drug has long-term benefits for alopecia patients.

Nektar Therapeutics Tumbles Despite Long-Term Benefit From Alopecia Drug

New Rezpegaldesleukin Data Supporting Long-term Durability and Disease Improvement in Patients with Alopecia Areata and Atopic Dermatitis at EADV Congress 2026

Rezpegaldesleukin demonstrated durability and deepening of response through one year of treatment in two dermatological indications, reinforcing the differentiated properties of this novel Treg mechanism In alopecia areata patients, SALT Score ≤20 response maintained in 75% at 4 months off treatment and in 63% at six months off treatment Hair regrowth continued for 6 months off treatment with 19% of patients achieving SALT Score ≤10, an improvement from 7% at the end of 52 weeks of treatment Third Phase 3 study in the global ZENITH AD program initiated, expanding the program into treatment-experienced atopic dermatitis patients; Phase 3 ZENITH AA study to initiate in early 2027 Company to host conference call with investors and analysts at 8:00 AM ET/2:00 PM CET SAN FRANCISCO and VIENNA, Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) today announced that long-term data on rezpegaldesleukin from the Phase 2b REZOLVE-AA and Phase 2b REZOLVE-AD studies are being presented at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress 2026 in Vienna, Austria in two oral presentation sessions. At EADV 2026, data from the 52-week treatment extension cohort and the 6-month off-treatment period in the global Phase 2b REZOLVE-AA study in patients with severe-to-very-severe alopecia areata are being presented by Dr. David Rosmarin, Chair of Dermatology, Indiana University School of Medicine in an oral presentation entitled "Rezpegaldesleukin, a Novel Regulatory T Cell-Inducing Biologic, Demonstrates Efficacy and Safety in Severe-to-Very-Severe Alopecia Areata: 52-Week Results from the Phase 2b REZOLVE-AA Study" [link to presentation].

New Rezpegaldesleukin Data Supporting Long-term Durability and Disease Improvement in Patients with Alopecia Areata and Atopic Dermatitis at EADV Congress 2026

New Biomarker Data Presented in a Late Breaking Oral Presentation at EADV Congress 2026 Showing Early Molecular Responses to Rezpegaldesleukin Across Multiple Immune Pathways Dysregulated in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis

Rezpegaldesleukin-associated improvements were detected as early as Week 2 and were significantly correlated with subsequent clinical response SAN FRANCISCO and VIENNA, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) and collaborators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai today announced new results from a multi-omic biomarker sub-study from REZOLVE-AD providing further evidence that rezpegaldesleukin engages its regulatory Tcell (Treg)-mediated mechanism in patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis, with significant biomarker changes associated with clinical improvement observed as early as Week 2.

New Biomarker Data Presented in a Late Breaking Oral Presentation at EADV Congress 2026 Showing Early Molecular Responses to Rezpegaldesleukin Across Multiple Immune Pathways Dysregulated in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis

Nektar Announces Three Oral Presentations for Rezpegaldesleukin at the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology (EADV) Congress 2026

New data to be presented from the REZOLVE-AA study at EADV, including 6-month off-treatment data for patients with severe-to-very-severe alopecia areata Company to host conference call with investors and analysts on October 1, 2026 at 8:00 AM ET/2:00 PM CET SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) announced today that data from its Phase 2b studies of rezpegaldesleukin in atopic dermatitis and alopecia areata will be presented in three separate oral presentations at the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology (EADV) Congress 2026, to take place September 30 to October 3, 2026, in Vienna, Austria.

Nektar Announces Three Oral Presentations for Rezpegaldesleukin at the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology (EADV) Congress 2026

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