UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 30, 2013

 

NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

  

Delaware 0-24006 94-3134940

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

455 Mission Bay Boulevard South

San Francisco, California 94158

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 482-5300

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 
 

  

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On September 30, 2013, Nektar Therapeutics (“Nektar”) announced that AstraZeneca’s Marketing Authorisation Application (“MAA”) for naloxegol was accepted for review by the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”). Under the terms of the License Agreement, dated September 20, 2009, as amended, between AstraZeneca and Nektar, AstraZeneca has paid Nektar a $25 million milestone payment as a result of the EMA acceptance of the MAA filing.

 

The information in this Item 7.01 is being furnished and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall such information be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise stated in such filing.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.		   Description
   
99.1     Press release titled “Nektar Reports that Partner AstraZeneca Announced European Medicines Agency Acceptance of Marketing Authorisation Application for Naloxegol” issued by Nektar Therapeutics on September 30, 2013.

 

 
 

  

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirement of the Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

       
 

 

By:

  

 

/s/ Gil M. Labrucherie

      Gil M. Labrucherie
      General Counsel and Secretary
     
  Date:   October 1, 2013

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.		   Description
   
99.1     Press release titled “Nektar Reports that Partner AstraZeneca Announced European Medicines Agency Acceptance of Marketing Authorisation Application for Naloxegol” issued by Nektar Therapeutics on September 30, 2013.