Nektar Therapeutics·Healthcare

SAN FRANCISCO, May 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) today announced that company management will be webcasting its participation in the 2026 Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference being held June 2-4, 2026 in New York. 2026 Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference in New York on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 – webcast to be available at 1:20 p.m.

This biotech firm develops immunotherapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases, with several candidates advancing through clinical trials.

Nektar Therapeutics NASDAQ: NKTR outlined plans to advance its lead regulatory T-cell (Treg) therapy rezpegaldesleukin (REZPEG) into late-stage development, while also reporting first-quarter 2026 financial results and providing updates across its pipeline during its earnings call. Get Nektar Therapeutics alerts:Sign UpREZPEG positioned for phase III in atopic dermatitis President and CEO Howard Robin said the company is “exceptionally proud” of progress over the past year and highlighted phase IIb results in atopic dermatitis and alopecia areata that he said demonstrate clinically meaningful outcomes in two “distinct autoimmune and inflammatory disease settings.

NKTR misses Q1 earnings and revenue estimates. Investor focus stays on rezpeg as the company advances late-stage studies in autoimmune diseases.

Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

SAN FRANCISCO, May 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. Cash and investments in marketable securities on March 31, 2026, were $731.6 million as compared to $245.8 million on December 31, 2025.
Nektar Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering and developing medicines in areas of unmet medical need in the United States and internationally. The company's products include Bempegaldesleukin, a CD122-preferential interleukin-2 (IL-2) pathway agonist, which is in phase 3 clinical trial to treat metastatic melanoma, renal cell carcinoma, muscle-invasive bladder cancer, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, and adjuvant melanoma; phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer, and urothelial cancer; phase 1/2A clinical trial to treat squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck; phase 1/2 clinical trial for the treatment of solid tumors; and phase 1B clinical trial to treat COVID-19. It is also developing NKTR-358, a cytokine Treg stimulant that is in phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus and ulcerative colitis, as well as phase 1B clinical trial to treat atopic dermatitis and psoriasis; NKTR-255, an IL-15 receptor agonist, which is in phase 1/2 clinical trial for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and multiple myeloma, and head and neck cancer and colorectal cancer; and NKTR-262, a toll-like receptor agonist that is in phase 1/2 clinical trial to treat solid tumors, as well as various other drug candidates. The company has collaboration agreements with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.; AstraZeneca AB; UCB Pharma S.A.; F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd; Bausch Health Companies Inc.; Pfizer Inc.; Amgen Inc.; UCB Pharma (Biogen); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Baxalta Incorporated; Eli Lilly and Company; Merck KGaA; and SFJ Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Nektar Therapeutics was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.