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Nektar Therapeutics Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter of 2015

April 30, 2015 4:15 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015.

Cash and investments in marketable securities at March 31, 2015 were $325.8 million as compared to $262.8 million at December 31, 2014. Our cash and investments in marketable securities at March 31, 2015 includes a $100.0 million milestone payment received from AstraZeneca in Q1 2015 for the first commercial sale of Movantik(naloxegol) in the U.S.

"The recent U.S. launch of Movantik by AstraZeneca is progressing well and this first-in-class medicine to treat OIC is now being... More