SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Nektar
Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) announced that it will host a conference call to discuss today's announcement of the new clinical
collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb. The call will begin at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time
(ET)/6:00 a.m. Pacific Time (PT) on Tuesday, September 27,
2016. A live audio-only Webcast of the conference call can be accessed through a link that is posted on the home page and
Investor Relations section of the Nektar website at http://www.nektar.com. A webcast replay of the conference call will be available through Friday, October 14, 2016.
To access the conference call, follow these instructions:
Dial: (877) 881-2183 (U.S.); (970) 315-0453 (international)
Passcode: 86947111 (Nektar Therapeutics is the host)
About Nektar
Nektar Therapeutics has a robust R&D pipeline and portfolio of approved partnered medicines in oncology, pain,
immunology and other therapeutic areas. In the area of oncology, Nektar is developing NKTR-214, an immuno-stimulatory
CD122-biased agonist, which is in Phase 1/2 clinical development for patients with solid tumors. ONZEALD™ (etirinotecan pegol), a
long-acting topoisomerase I inhibitor, is being developed for patients with advanced breast cancer and brain metastases and is
partnered with Daiichi Sankyo in Europe. In the area of pain, Nektar has an exclusive worldwide license agreement
with AstraZeneca for MOVANTIK™ (naloxegol), the first FDA-approved once-daily oral peripherally-acting mu-opioid receptor
antagonist (PAMORA) medication for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation (OIC), in adult patients with chronic, non-cancer
pain. The product is also approved in the European Union as MOVENTIG® (naloxegol) and is indicated for adult patients
with OIC who have had an inadequate response to laxatives. The AstraZeneca agreement also includes NKTR-119, an earlier stage
development program that is a co-formulation of MOVANTIK and an opioid. NKTR-181, a wholly owned mu-opioid analgesic molecule for
chronic pain conditions, is in Phase 3 development. In hemophilia, Nektar has a collaboration agreement with Baxalta
for ADYNOVATE™ [Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant)], a longer-acting PEGylated Factor VIII therapeutic approved in
the U.S. andJapan for patients over 12 with hemophilia A. In anti-infectives, the company has two collaborations
with Bayer Healthcare, Cipro Inhale in Phase 3 for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis and Amikacin Inhale in Phase 3 for
patients with Gram-negative pneumonia.
Nektar's technology has enabled nine approved products in the U.S. or Europe through partnerships
with leading biopharmaceutical companies, including AstraZeneca's MOVANTIK™, Baxalta's ADYNOVATE™, UCB's Cimzia® for Crohn's
disease and rheumatoid arthritis, Roche's PEGASYS® for hepatitis C and Amgen's Neulasta® for neutropenia.
Nektar is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional operations
in Huntsville, Alabama and Hyderabad, India. Further information about the
company and its drug development programs and capabilities may be found online at http://www.nektar.com.
MOVANTIK™ is a trademark and MOVENTIG® is a registered trademark of the AstraZeneca group of companies. ADYNOVATE™ is a
trademark of Baxalta Inc.
ONZEALD™ is a trademark of Nektar Therapeutics.
Contact:
For Investors and Media:
Jennifer Ruddock of Nektar Therapeutics
415-482-5585
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