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Winger Named To Nektar Therapeutics Board

December 15, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR) has appointed Dennis Winger to serve on its board of directors. Winger is currently a director of Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX), Cephalon (NASDAQ: CEPH) and Accuray (NASDAQ: ARAY). He retired in 2008 from Applera Corp., a life sciences company, where he was senior vice president and chief financial officer.

Previously, Winger was senior vice president of finance, administration and chief financial officer at Chiron. Before that, he held various financial executive leadership roles with divisions of The Cooper Cos.

Nektar Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics based on its PEGylation and polymer conjugation technology platforms.

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