SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) on Thursday reported a loss of $36.1 million in its fourth quarter.
The San Francisco-based company said it had a loss of $1.78 per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of $2.76 per share.
The biopharmaceutical company posted revenue of $21.8 million in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $9.5 million.
For the year, the company reported a loss of $164.1 million, or $9.73 per share. Revenue was reported as $55.2 million.
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