UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  March 15, 2011

 

INCYTE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)

 

0-27488

(Commission File Number)

 

94-3136539

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

Experimental Station

 

 

Route 141 & Henry Clay Road

 

 

Building E336

 

 

Wilmington, DE

 

19880

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(302) 498-6700

(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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Item 8.01   Other Events.

 

On March 15, 2011, Incyte Corporation issued a press release announcing that a European Phase III trial for ruxolitinib (INCB18424) has met its primary endpoint in patients with myelofibrosis. A copy of the press release dated March 15, 2011 is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item  9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                                 Exhibits

 

99.1                           Press release issued by Incyte Corporation dated March 15, 2011.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

Dated: March 16, 2011

 

 

 

 

INCYTE CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patricia A. Schreck

 

 

Patricia A. Schreck

 

Executive Vice President and

 

General Counsel

 

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