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Nektar Therapeutics NKTR · USD

Health Care · US listing · 🇺🇸 United States

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About Nektar Therapeutics

From its filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission

SEC filings

Nektar Therapeutics is based in San Francisco, California and is incorporated in Delaware. Its shares trade on Nasdaq under the ticker NKTR. The SEC classifies its business as pharmaceutical preparations. In the fiscal year to 31 December 2025, it reported revenue of $55.2m and a net loss of $164.1m. At that date it held total assets of $280.4m and shareholders' equity of $89.8m.

In its own words

Nektar Therapeutics (Nektar, we) is a clinical stage, research-based drug discovery biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing innovative medicines in the field of immunotherapy. Within this growing field, we direct our efforts toward creating new immunomodulatory agents that selectively induce, amplify, attenuate or prevent immune responses in order to achieve desired therapeutic outcomes. We apply our deep understanding of immunology to identify and create innovative drug candidates and use our drug development expertise to advance these molecules through preclinical and clinical development. Our pipeline of clinical-stage and preclinical-stage immunomodulatory agents targets the treatment of autoimmune diseases (e.g., rezpegaldesleukin and NKTR-0165/0166, respectively) and cancer (e.g. NKTR-255). We continue to make significant investments in building and advancing our pipeline of drug candidates as we believe that this is the best strategy to build long-term shareholder value.

By modulating the immune system, our drug candidates target pathways that play critical roles in a wide range of serious diseases. In autoimmune diseases, our focus is on addressing imbalances in the immune system to restore the body’s self-tolerance mechanisms and to achieve immune homeostasis. In oncology, we are focused on activating the immune system’s natural tumor-fighting mechanisms.

Quoted from its 10-K, filed 13 Mar 2026. Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Company facts

Sector
Health Care
Industry
Pharmaceuticals
Listed since
3 May 1994
Employees
63
Website
nektar.com ↗
Head office
455 MISSION BAY BOULEVARD SOUTH, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 94158
Incorporated in
DE
Classification
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Filer status
Non-accelerated filer<br>Smaller reporting company

Leadership

Pay as last reported

  • Mr. Robert ChessIndependent Chairman of the Board, since 1991$239,439
  • Mr. Howard RobinPresident, Chief Executive Officer, Director, since 2007$3.8m
  • Ms. Sandra GardinerInterim Chief Financial Officer$460,850
  • Mr. Mark WilsonSenior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer$1.3m
  • Dr. Jonathan ZalevskySenior Vice President, Chief Research and Development Officer$1.6m
  • Mr. Roy WhitfieldLead Independent Director$230,939
  • Mr. Jeffrey AjerIndependent Director$197,939
  • Dr. Diana BrainardIndependent Director$197,939
  • Mr. R. Scott GreerIndependent Director$223,939
  • Mr. Corey DavisManaging Director, since 2025

Environmental, social and governance

Scores out of 100, from our data supplier

ESG
Overall
79
Environment
84
Social
99
Governance
55
Carbon reduction policy
No
Human rights policy
No

SWOT analysis

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Strengths

  • Nektar Therapeutics employs 718 full-time employees in San Francisco, California.
  • Nektar Therapeutics develops innovative drug candidates using polymer conjugate technology platforms.
  • Nektar Therapeutics focuses on high unmet medical needs in cancer and autoimmune disease.

Weaknesses

  • Nektar Therapeutics has a small employee count of 63 in the US market.
  • Nektar Therapeutics operates in the competitive Health Care sector with limited market share.
  • Nektar Therapeutics has a small R&D pipeline with only three programs.

Opportunities

  • Nektar Therapeutics can expand its Immuno-oncology program in the US market.
  • Nektar Therapeutics can leverage its polymer conjugate technology for new drug candidates.
  • Nektar Therapeutics can target high unmet medical needs in autoimmune disease.

Threats

  • Nektar Therapeutics faces competition from established pharmaceutical companies in the Health Care sector.
  • Nektar Therapeutics must navigate regulatory challenges in the US market.
  • Nektar Therapeutics must address potential R&D failures in its pipeline.

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