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Nektar Therapeutics Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter of 2016

August 3, 2016 4:15 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016.

Cash and investments in marketable securities at June 30, 2016 were $274.9 million as compared to $308.9 million at December 31, 2015. This balance includes the $28.0 million payment received from AstraZeneca in April of 2016 for the sublicense of MOVENTIG® (naloxegol) to ProStraken in Europe. The balance does not include the $20 million upfront payment for the licensing of European rights for ONZEALD to Daiichi Sankyo Europe, which occurred in Q2 2016.   

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