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  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on&nbsp;August 5, 2022</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration
  No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
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  STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
  Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
  &nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">FORM
  S-8&#9;<BR>
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
  <I>UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</I><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact
  name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; width: 49%"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; width: 49%"><B>94-3134940</B></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Incorporation or Organization)</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Identification Number)</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>455
  Mission Bay Boulevard South</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>San
  Francisco, California 94158</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(Address
  of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Nektar
  Therapeutics Amended and Restated 2017 Performance Incentive Plan</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(Full
  Title of the Plan)</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Mark
  A. Wilson</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Chief
  Legal Officer</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Nektar
  Therapeutics</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>455
  Mission Bay Boulevard South</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>San
  Francisco, California 94158</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>415-482-5300</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(Name,
  Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
  filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.&nbsp;See the definitions
  of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company,&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging
  growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 20%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&#9746;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 35%"></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 25%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 12%">&#9744;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&#9744;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&#9744;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth company</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&#9744;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
  has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
  to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9744;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY
  NOTE</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 29.7pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">On
  March 16, 2022, the board of directors of the Registrant approved an amendment to Registrant&rsquo;s Amended and Restated 2017 Performance
  Incentive Plan (as amended, the &ldquo;PIP&rdquo;), pursuant to which the number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for
  issuance under the PIP increased by 5,000,000 shares subject to stockholder approval, which was received on June 8, 2022. This Registration
  Statement on Form S-8 registers these 5,000,000 additional shares of Common Stock. The additional shares available for issuance under
  the PIP are of the same class as other securities relating to the PIP for which the Registrant&rsquo;s registration statements filed
  on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-218777) on June 15, 2017, on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-226004) on June 29, 2018, on
  Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-242327) on August 7, 2020, and on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-258900) on August 18, 2021 are effective.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 29.7pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
  information contained in the Registrant&rsquo;s prior registration statements on Form S-8 is hereby incorporated by reference pursuant
  to General Instruction&nbsp;E, except for &ldquo;Item 8. Exhibits.&rdquo;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>PART
  II</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: italic bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal">Item
  8.</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"> <FONT STYLE="font-style: normal">Exhibits.</FONT></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: italic bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 9%; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit No.</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 90%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">4.1*</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906709/0001047469-98-031070.txt">Certificate of Incorporation of Inhale Therapeutic Systems (Delaware), Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1998).</A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">4.2*</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906709/000091205700037283/ex-3_3.txt" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Certificate of Amendment of the Amended Certificate of Incorporation of Inhale Therapeutic Systems, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000).</A></P></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">4.3*</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906709/000104746903002325/a2101294zex-3_1.htm">Certificate of Ownership and Merger of Nektar Therapeutics (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 23, 2003).</A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">4.4*</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906709/000114420410011093/v176023_ex3-6.htm">Certificate of Ownership and Merger of Nektar Therapeutics AL, Corporation with and into Nektar Therapeutics (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009).</A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">4.5*</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906709/000121390020043821/ea132008ex3-1_nektartherap.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Nektar Therapeutics (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on December 21, 2020).</A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">4.6*</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906709/000090670922000014/nktr2022-06x30xexx101ar201.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Nektar Therapeutics Amended and Restated 2017 Performance Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, filed on August 4, 2022).</A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">4.7*</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906709/000104746903002325/a2101294zex-4_1.htm">Specimen Stock Certificate Evidencing the Shares of Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 23, 2003).</A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">4.8*</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906709/000090670920000004/nktr20191231ex44.htm">Description of Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020).</A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">5.1**</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="ea163734ex5-1_nektarthera.htm">Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP with respect to the validity of the securities.</A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">23.1**</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="ea163734ex23-1_nektarthera.htm">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">23.2**</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="ea163734ex5-1_nektarthera.htm">Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</A></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">24.1**</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="#a_001">Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement).</A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">107**</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="ea163734ex-fee_nektarthera.htm">Filing Fee Table</A></TD></TR>
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  reference.</TD>
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  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">SIGNATURES</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
  duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco, State of California, on August 5, 2022.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2"><B>NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS</B></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 60%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 36%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>By:</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">/s/ Howard W. Robin</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT>Howard W. Robin</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Chief Executive Officer and President</TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A NAME="a_001"></A>POWER
  OF ATTORNEY</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Each
  person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Howard W. Robin and Jillian B. Thomsen, and each of them, acting individually
  and without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
  for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
  amendments, exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
  all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
  and each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
  about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
  that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them individually, or their, his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
  do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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  to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
  on the dates indicated.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; width: 36%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; width: 40%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; width: 20%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Howard W. Robin</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: white">Chief
      Executive Officer, </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">President, and Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">August
      5, 2022</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Howard
      W. Robin</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal
      Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Jillian B. Thomsen</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: white">Senior
      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">August
      5, 2022</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Jillian
      B. Thomsen</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal
      Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Robert B. Chess</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: white">Director,
      Chairman of the </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Board of Directors</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">August
      5, 2022</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Robert
      B. Chess</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Jeffrey R. Ajer</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">August
      5, 2022</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Jeffrey
      R. Ajer</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Myriam J. Curet</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">August
      5, 2022</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Myriam
      J. Curet</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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text: As
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2022
  Registration
  No. 333-
  UNITED
  STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS
  (Exact
  name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  94-3134940
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Incorporation or Organization)
  Identification Number)
  455
  Mission Bay Boulevard South
  San
  Francisco, California 94158
  (Address
  of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)
  Nektar
  Therapeutics Amended and Restated 2017 Performance Incentive Plan
  (Full
  Title of the Plan)
  Mark
  A. Wilson
  Chief
  Legal Officer
  Nektar
  Therapeutics
  455
  Mission Bay Boulevard South
  San
  Francisco, California 94158
  415-482-5300
  (Name,
  Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
  filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions
  of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging
  growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☒
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
  has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
  to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  EXPLANATORY
  NOTE
  On
  March 16, 2022, the board of directors of the Registrant approved an amendment to Registrant's Amended and Restated 2017 Performance
  Incentive Plan (as amended, the "PIP"), pursuant to which the number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for
  issuance under the PIP increased by 5,000,000 shares subject to stockholder approval, which was received on June 8, 2022. This Registration
  Statement on Form S-8 registers these 5,000,000 additional shares of Common Stock. The additional shares available for issuance under
  the PIP are of the same class as other securities relating to the PIP for which the Registrant's registration statements filed
  on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-218777) on June 15, 2017, on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-226004) on June 29, 2018, on
  Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-242327) on August 7, 2020, and on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-258900) on August 18, 2021 are effective.
  The
  information contained in the Registrant's prior registration statements on Form S-8 is hereby incorporated by reference pursuant
  to General Instruction E, except for "Item 8. Exhibits."
  PART
  II
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item
  8.
  Exhibits.
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  4.1*
  Certificate of Incorporation of Inhale Therapeutic Systems (Delaware), Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1998).
  4.2*
  Certificate of Amendment of the Amended Certificate of Incorporation of Inhale Therapeutic Systems, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000).
  4.3*
  Certificate of Ownership and Merger of Nektar Therapeutics (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 23, 2003).
  4.4*
  Certificate of Ownership and Merger of Nektar Therapeutics AL, Corporation with and into Nektar Therapeutics (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009).
  4.5*
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of Nektar Therapeutics (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on December 21, 2020).
  4.6*
  Nektar Therapeutics Amended and Restated 2017 Performance Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, filed on August 4, 2022).
  4.7*
  Specimen Stock Certificate Evidencing the Shares of Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 23, 2003).
  4.8*
  Description of Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020).
  5.1**
  Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP with respect to the validity of the securities.
  23.1**
  Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  23.2**
  Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  24.1**
  Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
  107**
  Filing Fee Table
  *
  Previously filed with the Commission and incorporated herein by
  reference.
  **
  Filed herewith
  1
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
  duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco, State of California, on August 5, 2022.
  NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS
  By:
  /s/ Howard W. Robin
  Howard W. Robin
  Chief Executive Officer and President
  POWER
  OF ATTORNEY
  Each
  person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Howard W. Robin and Jillian B. Thomsen, and each of them, acting individually
  and without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
  for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
  amendments, exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
  all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
  and each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
  about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
  that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them individually, or their, his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
  do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
  on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/
      Howard W. Robin
  Chief
      Executive Officer,
  President, and Director
  August
      5, 2022
  Howard
      W. Robin
  (Principal
      Executive Officer)
  /s/
      Jillian B. Thomsen
  Senior
      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  August
      5, 2022
  Jillian
      B. Thomsen
  (Principal
      Financial Officer)
  /s/
      Robert B. Chess
  Director,
      Chairman of the
  Board of Directors
  August
      5, 2022
  Robert
      B. Chess
  /s/
      Jeffrey R. Ajer
  Director
  August
      5, 2022
  Jeffrey
      R. Ajer
  /s/
      Myriam J. Curet
  Director
  August
      5, 2022
  Myriam
      J. Curet
  /s/
      Karin Eastham
  Director
  August
      5, 2022
  Karin
      Eastham
  /s/
      R. Scott Greer
  Director
  August
      5, 2022
  R.
      Scott Greer
  /s/
      Roy A. Whitfield
  Director
  August
      5, 2022
  Roy
      A. Whitfield
  /s/
      Diana M. Brainard
  Director
  August
      5, 2022
  Diana
      M. Brainard
  2