NKTR-0165 / Nektar Therap, Biolojic Design - LARVOL DELTA

Nektar Therapeutics Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results (PRNewswire) - "...'With enrollment now complete for the atopic dermatitis...Phase 2b trial, we are on track to report topline data for rezpegaldesleukin in the second quarter...of this year'....'We plan to submit the IND for NKTR-0165 in the second half of this year'."

IND • P2b data • Atopic Dermatitis • Immunology • Inflammation

A NOVEL THERAPEUTICALLY ACTIVE ANTI-TNFR2 AGONISTIC ANTIBODY PROMOTES TREG PROLIFERATION AND INDUCTION OF TREG FUNCTIONAL MARKERS (EULAR 2024) - "Generation of a reliable and well-engineered TNFR2 agonist antibody can open new avenues in therapeutic intervention for autoimmune diseases... We have designed unique scFv-based TNFR2 binders recognizing a "signaling epitope". The lead antibody has Treg-selective agonistic biological activities, which is a desirable property in therapeutic intervention for various autoimmune diseases."

IO biomarker • Dermatitis • Immunology • Oncology • CD4 • CD8 • FOXP3 • TIGIT

Nektar Therapeutics Presents First Preclinical Data on NKTR-0165, a TNFR2 Agonist Antibody Being Developed for the Treatment of Inflammatory Diseases, at EULAR 2024 (PRNewswire) - "Nektar Therapeutics...announced the presentation of a poster highlighting new preclinical data on NKTR-0165 at the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) 2024 Congress....NKTR-0165 shows selective TNFR2 binding and receptor agonism in human Tregs, with minimal binding and signaling activity in other TNFR2-expressing immune cells in vitro and in vivo. NKTR-0165 agonistic activity enhances Treg lineage stabilization and upregulates expression of proteins involved in Treg proliferation and function. NKTR-0165 demonstrates therapeutic efficacy in a KLH-induced delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) model in human TNFR2 knock-in mice."

Preclinical • Immunology • Inflammatory Bowel Disease • Ulcerative Colitis • Vitiligo

Biolojic Design Announces that Nektar Therapeutics Has Exercised Its License Option to Develop an AI-Designed Agonistic Antibody Targeting TNFR2 for the Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases (GlobeNewswire) - "Biolojic Design...announced that Nektar exercised its license option to develop a program resulting from the companies’ research collaboration initiated in 2021. The research collaboration was established to design and test agonistic antibodies targeting tumor necrosis factor receptor type II (TNFR2), a novel, biologically-validated disease target implicated in a wide range of autoimmune diseases that has been difficult to drug with conventional medicines....If the NKTR-0165 candidate proceeds through clinical development, Biolojic Design is entitled to development milestones and sales royalties....'We’re excited to be advancing NKTR-0165 through IND-enabling studies in 2024, with the goal of filing an IND in the first half of 2025.'"

IND • Licensing / partnership • Immunology • Inflammatory Bowel Disease • Ulcerative Colitis