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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001615774-18-000208
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180109
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180109
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180109

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000906709
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				943134940
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-24006
		FILM NUMBER:		18518425

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		455 MISSION BAY BOULEVARD SOUTH
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94158
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4154825300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		455 MISSION BAY BOULEVARD SOUTH
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94158

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INHALE THERAPEUTIC SYSTEMS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980723

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INHALE THERAPEUTIC SYSTEMS
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940303
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see the disclosure relating to the estimated cash and investments in market securities of Nektar Therapeutics, a Delaware corporation
(the &#8220;Company&#8221;), set forth under Item 8.01 &#8220;Other Events&#8221; of this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is
incorporated by reference into this Item 2.02.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">On
January 3, 2018, the Company announced that President and Chief Executive Officer, Howard W. Robin, will make a presentation at
the upcoming 36th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, January 9, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific
Time.&nbsp;The presentation will be accessible via a Webcast through a link posted on the Investors, Investor Events section of
the Nektar website: http://www.nektar.com. In addition, the Company will webcast the Q&amp;A breakout session immediately following
its presentation at 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time. This Webcast will be available for replay until February 20, 2018.</FONT></P>

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part of the presentation, </FONT>Mr.&nbsp;Robin intends to announce that, based upon the Company&#8217;s preliminary estimates,
as of December&nbsp;31, 2017, the Company had cash and investments of $353.2 million.&nbsp;This financial information has been
prepared by and is the responsibility of the Company&#8217;s management and has not been audited by the Company&#8217;s independent
registered public accounting firm. Accordingly, the Company&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm does not express
an opinion on or provide any other form of assurance with respect to this preliminary data. This financial information is subject
to the completion of the Company&#8217;s year-end financial closing procedures, the preparation of the Company&#8217;s consolidated
financial statements, and the completion of the audit of the Company&#8217;s consolidated financial statements as of and for the
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2017, and the Company&#8217;s actual results may differ from these estimates.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">The
Company expects the presentation and Q&amp;A breakout session will include certain forward-looking statements regarding the Company&#8217;s
business and proprietary drug candidates. Actual results could differ materially from these forward-looking statements, which are
subject to important risks and uncertainties set forth in the Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on November 8, 2017. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements, whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.</FONT></P>




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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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