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Item. 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On June 26, 2023, Nkarta, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it will host a conference call on June 27, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time to review updated clinical data from the ongoing clinical trial of NKX101, the Company's allogeneic, off-the-shelf chimeric antigen receptor-natural killer cell therapy candidate engineered to target NKG2D ligands on cancer cells. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1) 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 liabilities of that section, nor shall it be, or be deemed, incorporated by reference in any filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), unless the Company specifically states that the information is to be considered “filed” under the Exchange Act or incorporates it by reference into a filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Nkarta, Inc. |
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Date: June 26, 2023 |
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/s/ Alicia Hager |
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Alicia J. Hager, J.D., Ph.D. |
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Exhibit 99.1
Nkarta to Host Conference Call to Discuss Updated Clinical Data from NKX101 NK Cell Therapy Program
Call scheduled for Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. ET
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 26, 2023 -- Nkarta, Inc. (Nasdaq: NKTX), a biopharmaceutical company developing engineered natural killer (NK) cell therapies, today announced that it will host a conference call on Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. ET to review updated clinical data from the ongoing clinical trial of NKX101, its allogeneic, off-the-shelf CAR NK cell therapy candidate engineered to target NKG2D ligands on cancer cells.
Conference Call and Webcast
To access the conference call, please register through this link: https://nkx101-clinical-update-conference-call.open-exchange.net/registration
Accompanying slides will also be available on the Investors section of Nkarta’s website, www.nkartatx.com, and a replay will be archived on the website for approximately four weeks.
About NKX101
NKX101 is an allogeneic, cryopreserved, off-the-shelf cancer immunotherapy candidate that uses natural killer (NK) cells derived from the peripheral blood of healthy donors. It is engineered with a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) targeting NKG2D ligands on tumor cells. NKG2D, a key activating receptor found on naturally occurring NK cells, induces a cell-killing immune response through the detection of stress ligands that are widely expressed on cancer cells. NKX101 is also engineered with a membrane-bound form of interleukin-15 (IL15) for greater persistence and activity without exogenous cytokine support. To learn more about the NKX101 clinical trial in adults with AML or MDS, please visit ClinicalTrials.gov.
About Nkarta
Nkarta is a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the development of allogeneic, off-the-shelf natural killer (NK) cell therapies. By combining its cell expansion and cryopreservation platform with proprietary cell engineering technologies and CRISPR-based genome engineering capabilities, Nkarta is building a pipeline of future cell therapies engineered for deep anti-tumor activity and intended for broad access in the outpatient treatment setting. For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.nkartatx.com.
Nkarta Media/Investor Contact:
Greg Mann
Nkarta, Inc.
gmann@nkartatx.com