Nkarta, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes natural killer cell therapies for cancer and autoimmune disease treatment. Its lead product candidate is NKX019, a chimeric antigen receptor-natural killer (CAR NK) targeting the CD19 antigen, which is in Phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of lupus nephritis; systemic sclerosis; idiopathic inflammatory myopathy; and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, as well as for systemic lupus erythematosus and myasthenia gravis. The company has a research collaboration agreement with CRISPR Therapeutics AG. Nkarta, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in South San Francisco, California.
Nkarta Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results and Corporate Highlights
Nkarta reported a Q2 2026 net loss of $40.4 million, or $0.54 per share, widening from a loss of $23.0 million in the prior year period as R&D investments increased to $29.0 million.
The company is advancing its NKX019 autoimmune trials, Ntrust-1 and Ntrust-2, with ongoing enrollment at the 4 billion cell dose level and outpatient dosing now underway at community sites.
Nkarta ended the quarter with $243.2 million in cash, cash equivalents, and investments, which management expects will fund operations into 2029.