Organization (Industry)
NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS
ClinicalTrials.gov lists NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS as lead sponsor of 39 trials. It has 174 active development programs and 20 approved assets.
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Trials started per year with this organization as sponsor or collaborator, 1990 onward. The series also counts trials where the organization is a collaborator; the lead-sponsor trial count does not.
2026 is partial: 2 registered with a 2026 start date. The dashed outline is the pace from the 2 registered with a start date through September, planned starts included, not adjusted; not a forecast. No forecast is made for this organization: it averages 2.0 trial starts a year over the five years to September, under the 5 a year the method needs.
This page covers NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS: 39 lead-sponsored trials and 2 legal-entity registrations.
Disease areas (62)
Shown in this order: most trials first.
| Disease area | Trials |
|---|---|
| Melanoma | 7 |
| Breast Neoplasms | 6 |
| Lung Neoplasms | 6 |
| Carcinoma, Renal Cell | 5 |
| Colorectal Neoplasms | 5 |
Showing 5 of 62 disease areas.
Trials by start year as sponsor or collaborator (20)
Shown in this order: most recent first. 2026 is partial: trials registered with a 2026 start date so far, not a full year.
Show the table of trials by start year as sponsor or collaborator
| Year | Trials started |
|---|---|
| 2026 (partial year) | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2019 | 9 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 |
Showing 10 of 20 years.
Recruitment duration, a model prediction: none of the 39 trials evaluated at the 2026-10-09 snapshot is predicted and still running. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.
Active development programs (174)
Shown in this order: max phase, then active trials.
| Drug | Disease area | Max phase | Trials |
|---|---|---|---|
| NKTR-102 | Breast Neoplasms | Phase 3 | 3 |
| Bempegaldesleukin | Melanoma | Phase 3 | 3 |
| NIVOLUMAB | Melanoma | Phase 3 | 3 |
| Bempegaldesleukin | Carcinoma, Renal Cell | Phase 3 | 2 |
| NIVOLUMAB | Kidney Neoplasms | Phase 3 | 2 |
Showing 5 of 174 active programs.
Approved assets (20)
Shown in this order: max phase first.
| Drug | Trials |
|---|---|
| NIVOLUMAB | 5 |
| NAB paclitaxel | 2 |
| (nab)-paclitaxel | 2 |
| GEMCITABINE | 1 |
| CABOZANTINIB | 1 |
Showing 5 of 20 approved assets.
Sponsor delivery record (1)
Enrollment hit target: the share of this sponsor's lead-sponsored trials whose actual enrollment reached the planned enrollment. On time: the share whose actual primary completion date was no later than the planned date. Each share counts only trials where we observed an estimated figure before the actual one, and n is that number of trials. Below 5 trials the count is shown as a fraction, not a percentage.
| Enrollment | Timeline |
|---|---|
| 43% hit target (n=23) | 35% on time (n=23) |
Journals published in (19)
Shown in this order: most published in first.
| Journal | Publications |
|---|---|
| Future oncology (London, England) | 4 |
| Journal for immunotherapy of cancer | 3 |
| Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology | 3 |
| The Lancet. Oncology | 2 |
| Breast cancer research and treatment | 1 |
Showing 5 of 19 journals.
US granted patents (1)
Patents are not classified by disease area in the source, so this is the organization's overall portfolio, not a split by disease.
| US patents granted | Granted in the last 5 years | Most recent grant |
|---|---|---|
| 474 | 25 | 2025-06-10 |
SEC-reported annual financials (11)
Shown in this order: newest fiscal year first; SEC EDGAR XBRL companyfacts, USD as reported.
| Fiscal year | Revenue (USD) | Net income (USD) | R&D (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55,232,000 | -164,076,000 | 117,330,000 |
| 2024 | 98,427,000 | -118,961,000 | 120,908,000 |
| 2023 | 90,122,000 | -276,056,000 | 114,162,000 |
| 2022 | 92,055,000 | -368,198,000 | 218,323,000 |
| 2021 | 101,907,000 | -523,837,000 | 400,269,000 |
| 2020 | 152,915,000 | -444,440,000 | 408,678,000 |
| 2019 | 114,617,000 | -440,667,000 | 434,566,000 |
| 2018 | 1,193,323,000 | 681,313,000 | 399,536,000 |
| 2017 | 307,711,000 | -96,692,000 | 268,461,000 |
| 2016 | 165,436,000 | -153,524,000 | 203,801,000 |
Showing 10 of 11 fiscal years.
Financing and grant events (33)
Shown in this order: most recent first.
| Date | Round type | Amount (USD) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | Follow-on offering | 150,000,000 | Edgar offerings |
| 2026-05-08 | ATM offering | not disclosed | Sec extracted |
| 2026-04-23 | Follow-on offering | 373,750,000 | Edgar offerings |
| 2026-04-21 | Public offering | 350,900,000 | Sec extracted |
| 2026-04-20 | Other financing | not disclosed | Edgar offerings |
Showing 5 of 33 events.
FDA inspection record (1)
| Latest classification | Inspections |
|---|---|
| NAI | 1 |
FDA import refusals (1)
| Refused import lines | Latest refusal |
|---|---|
| 1 | 2004-02-25 |
Climate targets, as filed (1)
| Reporting year | Net-zero target |
|---|---|
| 2025 | not disclosed |
Workforce and board diversity, as filed (1)
| Reporting year | Workforce % women | Board % women |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | not disclosed | not disclosed |
Organization relationships (11)
Shown in this order: most evidence first.
| Related organization | Relationship | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Solvay (Belgium) | Co sponsors trial with | 1 |
| ImaginAb (United States) | Co sponsors trial with | 1 |
| Calithera (United States) | Co sponsors trial with | 1 |
| Government of the United States of America | Co sponsors trial with | 1 |
| Fred Hutch Cancer Center | Co sponsors trial with | 1 |
Showing 5 of 11 relationships.
Latest dated events (571)
Shown in this order: newest first.
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | Trial started | Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI)) |
| 2026-06-29 | Trial started | Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI)) |
| 2026-05-08 | Follow-on offering | Funding rounds and grants (NIH RePORTER + SEC EDGAR) |
| 2026-05-08 | At-the-market offering | Funding rounds and grants (NIH RePORTER + SEC EDGAR) |
| 2026-04-23 | Follow-on offering | Funding rounds and grants (NIH RePORTER + SEC EDGAR) |
Showing 5 of 571 events.
Biomarker capability evidence (200)
Shown in this order: tier desc, then gene symbol.
| Gene | Role | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| BAG1 | Trial collaborator | Named in trial inclusion criteria |
| CAV1 | Trial collaborator | Named in trial inclusion criteria |
| CD19 | Trial collaborator | Named in trial inclusion criteria |
| CD19 | Trial sponsor | Named in trial inclusion criteria |
| CD19 | Trial sponsor | Named in trial inclusion criteria |
Showing 5 of 200 evidence rows.
Not on this page
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