Nektar Consolidates Research At Its State-of-the-Art R&D Center Located In San Francisco At Mission Bay

Nektar's technology has enabled seven approved products in the U.S. or Europe through partnerships with leading biopharmaceutical companies, including UCB's Cimzia® for Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis, Roche's PEGASYS® for hepatitis C and Amgen's Neulasta® for neutropenia.  Additional development-stage products that leverage Nektar's proprietary technology platform include peginesatide, for which Affymax and partner Takeda submitted a new drug application to the United States Food and Drug Administration in May 2011, and Baxter's BAX 855, a long-acting PEGylated rFVIII program which is in Phase 1 clinical development.

Nektar is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional operations in Huntsville, Alabama and Hyderabad, India.  Further information about the company and its drug development programs and capabilities may be found online at http://www.nektar.com.



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Nektar Investor Inquiries: Jennifer Ruddock/Nektar Therapeutics                                 [phone] Susan Noonan/SA Noonan Communications, LLC                 [phone] Nektar Media Inquiries:                                 Karen Bergman/BCC Partners                                              [phone] Michelle Corral/BCC Partners                                               [phone]

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