Nektar Pins Falling Cancer Response Rate On Manufacturing Problem

A post-hoc analysis linked “physical differences” in two lots of Nektar’s drug to lower efficacy when given in combination with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo. Nektar’s share price tumbled following the update.

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Nektar says two bad lots contaminated trial data

Nektar Therapeutics has blamed manufacturing quality problems for falling response rates in a study of patients receiving its immuno-oncology drug bempegaldesleukin.

Early in a Phase I/II trial, the pegylated version of human recombinant interleukin 2 (IL-2), formerly known as NKTR-214, achieved a 63% response rate when given with Bristol-Myers Squibb...

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