Nektar Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering and developing medicines in areas of unmet medical need in the United States and internationally.The company's products include Bempegaldesleukin, which is in phase 3 clinical trial to treat metastatic melanoma, renal cell carcinoma, muscle-invasive bladder cancer, squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck, and adjuvant melanoma. It is also developing NKTR-358, a cytokine Treg stimulant, in phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus
