Nektar Update (11-16-12)

Nektar’s stock has had a horrible two weeks despite announcing positive top-line results from two Phase III trials and one safety extension trial in patients with non-cancer related pain and opioid-induced constipation (OIC). Last week, potential FDA concerns with CV risk associated with opioid withdrawal in chronic use of opioid antagonists became an investor issue[…]

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Nektar Update (9-26-13)

Nektar’s NKTR-181 Disappoints, Misses Primary Endpoint on Mixed Phase II Data – Preliminary top-line results from a Phase II trial of NKTR-181(‘181) for the treatment of moderate-to-severe chronic pain in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee missed their primary endpoint due to a unusual lack of a placebo rebound.  The drug candidate was shown to[…]

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Nektar Update (1-18-13)

CONTINUED PROGRESS AND PIPELINE VISIBILITY. Nektar management continues to make progress across its late–stage development pipeline, relieving some investor concern for the naloxegol (NKTR-118) program – NKTR’s lead compound – under development for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation (OIC).  With renewed optimism on the ‘118 program and upcoming related catalysts, increasing appreciation of the breadth[…]

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