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Nektar Therapeutics announces NKTR-255 enhanced complete response rates in r/r LBCL

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Nektar Therapeutics announced results of its phase II proof-of-concept study evaluating NKTR-255 as an adjuvant treatment to enhance complete response rate and durability following CD19-directed CAR-T therapy in patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma at the 66th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego.

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