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| Formerly | Inhale Therapeutic Systems, Inc. |
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| Company type | Public |
| Industry | Biopharmaceuticals |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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| Revenue | US$1.13 billion (2018)[1] |
Number of employees | 718 (2020) |
| Website | nektar |
Nektar Therapeutics is an American biopharmaceutical company. The company was founded in 1990 and is based in San Francisco, California.[2] The company develops new drug candidates by applying its proprietary PEGylation and advanced polymer conjugate technologies to modify chemical structure of substances.[3] It is a technology supplier to a number of pharmaceutical companies including Affymax, Amgen, Merck, Pfizer and UCB Pharma, etc.[2] The company developed the world's first inhalable non-injectable insulin, Exubera, which was awarded as the bronze award by Wall Street Journal for its technological breakthrough.[4]
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