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2015 Annual Report
2015 Annual Report

www.incyte.comTable of Contents
Letter to Shareholders 

Discovery 

Development Portfolio 

Expanding into Antibody Therapeutics 

JAK Inhibition Beyond Oncology 

Financial Independence 

Patient Focused 

Community Engagement, Environmental Responsibility 

Adding to Our Team 

The Year Ahead 

The Leadership Team 

Company Information 

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www.incyte.comFellow Shareholders,
Incyte is a company that is founded on the belief 
that investments in innovation create value. This 
value can extend to patients and society through 
novel therapeutics as well as to our shareholders 
through accelerating revenue growth and, in time, 
significant profitability. 

Top row, left to right: Steven H. Stein, Reid M. Huber, David W. Gryska, Hervé Hoppenot, Barry P. Flannelly, Wenqing Yao  
Bottom row, left to right: Eric H. Siegel, Paula J. Swain, Michael Morrissey, Richard S. Levy

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www.incyte.comDiscovery
The foundation of our continued 
success is our research team, 
who drive the discovery and 
development of first-in-class 
and best-in-class molecules. 
Incyte is the global leader 
in JAK inhibition, and our 
proprietary JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor, 
Jakafi® (ruxolitinib), remains 
the only FDA-approved therapy 
for intermediate or high-risk 
myelofibrosis and uncontrolled 
polycythemia vera.

At Incyte, our goal is to change 
the landscape of cancer 
treatment, one of the most 
fluid, dynamic and exciting 
areas of research, through 
cutting-edge science. We set 
aggressive goals, both in terms of 
molecular targets and compound 
characteristics, and the depth and 
breadth of Incyte’s portfolio of 
potent and selective candidates is 
evidence of our success. 

Incyte has come a long way since 
we initiated our drug discovery 
activities in 2002, yet we still run 
like a small biotech company. 
Science drives our decisions, and, 
as we work as a team to implement 
those decisions, we remain open to 
new discoveries that can challenge 
existing preconceptions and reveal 
unexpected opportunities. We 
bring together a mix of experience, 
innovation and drive that is rare in 
our industry.

— Peggy Scherle 

VP, Preclinical Pharmacology

Our culture requires managers 
at all levels to be hands on, but 
not micromanaging. This fosters 
scientific creativity and allows the 
team to provide real-time data 
to our medicinal chemists, often 
dramatically shortening the cycle 
time for molecular design and 
allowing us to increase our R&D 
productivity. Incyte has evolved, 
but the “can do, creative and 
productive DNA” remains the same.

— Wenqing Yao 

Head of Discovery Chemistry

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www.incyte.comDevelopment Portfolio
We believe the future of cancer treatment lies 
in the use of immune therapies, which seek to 
recruit the patient’s own immune system to 
tackle cancer, and targeted therapies, which  
aim to block, directly or indirectly, the effects  
of cancer-causing mutations. 

Our product portfolio consists of 14 development 
candidates that are directed against 11 discrete 
molecular targets. As the data dictate, we intend 
to develop our portfolio as monotherapy and 
in combination as we seek to provide the best 
therapeutic outcomes for patients. Our key 
development candidates are outlined next. 

We began clinical trials 
of our FGFR inhibitor, 
INCB54828, in solid 
tumors in early 2015. 
Preclinical data suggest 
that INCB54828 may 
be differentiated from 
similarly targeted 
agents through a more 
attractive balance of 
potency and selectivity. 

(BRD) proteins are 
epigenetic readers 
that play an important 
role in tumor cell 
proliferation and 
survival in many cancer 
types. We believe 
INCB54329 may have 
therapeutic utility in 
certain blood or bone 
marrow cancers.  

Our second epigenetic 
therapy is INCB59872, 
an inhibitor of LSD1. 
We believe the 
inhibition of LSD1 
may have potential 
in treating various 
cancers, in particular 
acute myeloid leukemia 
(AML) and small cell 
lung cancer. We expect 
INCB59872 to enter 
clinical trials in the first 
half of 2016. 

Our pan-PIM inhibitor, 
INCB53914, entered 
clinical trials in late 
2015. Initial studies 
of INCB53914 will be 
as a monotherapy, 
and work in our 
laboratories has shown 
promising activity in 
cancers of the blood and bone marrow, such as 
multiple myeloma.

Clinical trials of INCB54329, our BRD inhibitor, 
were also initiated in early 2015. Bromodomain 

INCB50465 is our  
second-generation 
PI3Kδ inhibitor. PI3Kδ 
is a validated target in 
drug discovery and development, and we believe 
that INCB50465 may be differentiated in terms 
of increased potency and improved tolerability. 
Data recently presented at the 2016 American 
Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual 
Meeting showed promising efficacy of INCB50465 
in patients with B-cell malignancies, with a 
favorable toxicity profile.

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www.incyte.comOur understanding 
of the JAK/STAT 
pathway and its role 
in disease continues 
to evolve. We are 
currently investigating 
INCB39110, a selective 
JAK1 inhibitor, in 
several cancer types 
including lung cancer. 
We are also studying 
INCB52793, our 
second selective JAK1 
inhibitor, in patients 
with multiple myeloma. 

Epacadostat, an 
immunotherapy, 
is our first-in-class 
IDO1 inhibitor. The 
ECHO development 

program (Epacadostat Clinical development 
in Hematology and Oncology) is designed to 
investigate epacadostat in multiple combinations 
across the full cycle of anti-tumor immunity and 
includes trials in combination with vaccines, 
checkpoint inhibitor antibodies and small molecule 
immune-modulators. 

The most advanced trials of epacadostat are in 
combination with PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitors. These 
trials are expected to enroll over 900 patients in 
a total of 13 different tumor types. The results of 
these trials should provide us with the information 
we need to plan future ECHO trials.

The results from the Phase 1 dose escalation 
portion of the ECHO-202 trial of epacadostat in 
combination with pembrolizumab have already 
provided us with the evidence needed in order  
to move into the first Phase 3 trial of epacadostat. 
This trial, called ECHO-301, will study the first-
line treatment of patients with advanced or 
metastatic melanoma and is expected to begin  
in the first half of 2016. 

Activity of the enzyme indoleamine 
2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) is known 
to be high in the human placenta, 
preventing fetal tissue from 
rejection by the maternal immune 
system. IDO1 is also present in 
many tumor histologies, similarly 
protecting cancer cells from the 
patient’s immune system.

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www.incyte.comExpanding into  
Antibody Therapeutics
Incyte has world-class medical chemistry expertise, 
creating “small molecules” that play an important 
role in oncology. The therapeutic effect of small 
molecules may be adjusted by altering the dose, 
which may maximize the benefit to the patient.

Despite our strength in 
this field, we recognize 
that certain disease 
targets are not able  
to be reached by small 
molecules. In January 
2015, we signed an 
alliance with Agenus 
which gives us access 
to antibody discovery 
capabilities, as well as 
global development 
and commercialization rights to these molecules. 
Agenus is an immuno-oncology company focused 
on the discovery, development and manufacture 
of checkpoint modulator antibodies and vaccines. 
We expect INCAGN1876, an anti-GITR agonist 
antibody and the first molecule to emerge from our 
collaboration with Agenus, to enter clinical trials in 
the first half of 2016. 

In September 2015, we in-licensed a clinical 
PD-1 antagonist antibody from Jiangsu Hengrui 

Medicine. Inhibiting 
PD-1 may be a key 
component of future 
immuno-oncology 
combination treatment 
regimens, and so we 
believe this was a 
valuable addition to 
our clinical portfolio. 
Initial clinical trials 
for INCSHR1210 are 
already underway.

JAK Inhibition  
Beyond Oncology
Building upon positive, published third-party 
data of JAK inhibition in graft-versus-host disease 
(GVHD), we intend to initiate a registration study 
for ruxolitinib, our JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor, later in 
2016 for the treatment of patients with GVHD. 
We have also initiated a proof-of-concept trial of 
INCB39110, our selective JAK1 inhibitor, in GVHD.

Third-party studies have also shown provocative 
data on the use of JAK inhibitors to treat alopecia 
areata—an autoimmune skin disease resulting 
in the loss of hair on the scalp and elsewhere on 
the body. We are currently enrolling a proof-of-
concept trial of a topical formulation of ruxolitinib 
in alopecia areata.

Jakafi® (ruxolitinib) 

JAK1/JAK2 

MF, PV1,2

Targeted
Therapies

Immuno-
Therapies

Non-
Oncology

Capmatinib3 

INCB39110 

INCB52793 

INCB50465 

INCB54828 

INCB54329 

INCB53914 

INCB59872 

Epacadostat4 

Epacadostat 

INCSHR1210 

INCAGN1876 

INCAGN1949 

Baricitinib5 

Baricitinib5 

Ruxolitinib6 

INCB39110 

c-MET 

JAK1 

JAK1 

PI3Kδ 

FGFR 

BRD 

PIM 

LSD1 

IDO1 

IDO1 

PD-1 

GITR 

OX40 

JAK1/JAK2 

JAK1/JAK2 

JAK1/JAK2 

JAK1 

NSCLC, liver cancer, GBM

NSCLC

Advanced malignancies

Hematological malignancies

Solid tumors

Advanced malignancies

Advanced malignancies

AML, small cell lung cancer

Melanoma

Multiple tumor types

Solid tumors

Solid tumors

Solid tumors

Rheumatoid arthritis

Psoriasis, AtD, SLE

GVHD

GVHD

Topical ruxolitinib 

JAK1/JAK2 

Alopecia areata

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www.incyte.comIncyte commercialization rightsCommercialization rights out-licensedIncyte commercialization rightsCommercialization rights out-licensedDISCOVERYCLINICAL PROOF OF CONCEPTPIVOTALMARKETED1. Patients with intermediate or high-risk myelofibrosis 2. Patients with polycythemia vera who have had an inadequate response to or (cid:31)are intolerant of hydroxyurea 3. Worldwide rights to capmatinib licensed to Novartis, GBM = Glioblastoma multiforme 4. Phase 3 trial expected to begin in H1 2016 5. Worldwide rights to baricitinib licensed to Lilly, AtD = Atopic dermatitis, SLE = Systemic lupus erythematosus 6. Registration trial expected to begin in H2 2016Jakafi is the first and only medicine 
approved by the Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA) for the treatment 
of people with intermediate or high-
risk myelofibrosis and people with 
polycythemia vera who have already 
taken a medicine called hydroxyurea 
and it did not work well enough or 
they could not tolerate it.

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Jakafi Net Product Revenue

Financial Independence
Successful commercialization of our products 
enables us to invest in our drug discovery and 
development activities. In 2015, net product 
revenues from Jakafi grew 68% over the previous 
year to $601 million. We expect 2016 net product 
revenues from Jakafi to exceed $800 million, 
and we are confident in reaching our long-term 
target of $1.5 billion for U.S. peak sales of Jakafi 
in myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). We also 
receive royalties on Novartis’ sales of Jakavi® 
(ruxolitinib) outside the U.S. Royalties from Jakavi 
grew over 50% in 2015. On a global basis, 
combined net sales of Jakafi and Jakavi for the  
first time were greater than $1 billion in 2015. 

We are excited about the growth we’ve seen thus 
far and look forward to continuing to expand 
our prescriber and patient base for Jakafi in the 
coming years. 

Baricitinib has the potential to provide us with 
a second significant source of revenue. We 
licensed baricitinib, a JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor, to 
Eli Lilly & Company in 2009. Incyte is eligible 

for development, regulatory and commercial 
milestone payments from Lilly, as well as tiered, 
double-digit royalties on global net sales of 
baricitinib, if approved. 

Four Phase 3 trials in the baricitinib pivotal 
development program in rheumatoid arthritis 
met their primary endpoints—including showing 
superiority of once daily, oral baricitinib over 
Humira® (adalimumab),* the current injectable 
standard of care. We and Lilly believe that these 
are outstanding results. 

Lilly submitted applications seeking approval to the 
FDA and the European Medicines Agency earlier 
this year, and, if approved, we look forward to the 
launch of baricitinib in 2017.

Incyte has also licensed capmatinib, a selective 
c-MET inhibitor, to Novartis. Incyte may become 
eligible for development, regulatory and 
commercial milestone payments from Novartis 
related to capmatinib, and, if approved, royalties 
on global net sales.

*The brand listed is not a trademark of Incyte Corporation. The maker of this brand is not affiliated with and does not endorse Incyte Corporation or its products.

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www.incyte.com 
 
I began taking Jakafi almost 
six years ago. Since then, 
I feel I have gotten my life 
back. I enjoy spending time 
with my family, especially my 
wonderful granddaughters, 
and being able to devote 
a lot of time helping other 
MPN patients has also been 
very positive. In doing so, 
I forget about my own 
disease and am able focus 
on the needs of others. This 
gives me another way to 
“pay back” and to share  
my gratitude for Jakafi.

—Susan (MF patient)

After just a couple of 
months on Jakafi, my 
doctor and I accomplished 
what we needed to in 
getting my blood counts 
into the normal range— 
and they have remained 
that way for three years, 
with little to no variation. 
My life is quite average  
and quite normal, and  
I’m very pleased with it.

—Jack (PV Patient)

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www.incyte.comPatient Focused
MPNs are rare diseases, which are often overlooked. 
Incyte is involved in many initiatives to help create a 
unified MPN community and provide access to the 
resources patients and caregivers need. 

Our IncyteCARES program provides patients with 
ongoing support and resources before and during 
treatment with Jakafi, including access to oncology 
nurses for questions and co-pay assistance. 

Voices of MPN, our disease awareness initiative, 
aims to create a community for patients and 
families of patients and to celebrate their 
achievements. Each year, patients and caregivers 
are recognized for their efforts in improving the 
lives of patients with MPNs through the MPN 
Heroes Recognition Program.

Meet the 2015 MPN Heroes

David Boule 
Patient Advocate

Rebecca Claassen 
RN, BSN, OCN

David Denny 
Patient Advocate

Jason Gotlib 
MD

Harvey Gould 
Patient Advocate

Susan Melvin Hill 
Patient Advocate

Christopher P. 
Holroyde 
MD

MPN Research 
Foundation 
Patient Organization

The MPN Heroes Recognition Program, sponsored by Incyte and CURE magazine, honors the people and 
organizations that have dedicated themselves to improving the lives of people with MPNs.

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www.incyte.comCommunity Engagement,  
Environmental Responsibility
From our involvement with the local chapter of  
the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society to the  
national chapter of the Cancer Support Community, 
working with these and many other patient-focused 
organizations reminds us what we’re working 
toward—finding a cure for cancer. 

Beyond patient care, we also have an obligation 
to reach our goals in the most environmentally 
efficient and socially responsible way possible. 

We seek to decrease our environmental footprint 
wherever we can. Specifically, we use non-ozone-
depleting substances, we use natural gas as the 
primary fuel source to minimize greenhouse gas 
emissions, and we manage hazardous waste sent 
off-site from our facility, prioritizing recycling and 
reuse before treatment or disposal. We follow 
strict guidelines to assure Environment, Health, 
and Safety (EHS) compliance and continuously 
seek to improve on these initiatives. 

Members of the Incyte team spend a day volunteering for the Cancer Support Community in Wilmington, DE.  
Pictured left to right: Joe Cordaro, Dottie Breuer, Smitha Sivaraman, Dave Dubinski, Paula Swain, Jason Beliakoff, Julie Wu, Mike Cuozzo, Cyndi Villarimo, 
Shreekant Parasuraman, Ahmad Naim and Olivera Ventresca.

Adding to Our Team
Over the last year, we welcomed two new members 
to our Board of Directors, Jean-Jacques Bienaimé, 
CEO of BioMarin, and Paul J. Clancy, CFO of Biogen. 
We welcome their input as we seek to build Incyte 
into a leading global biopharmaceutical company.  
Richard De Schutter and Barry Ariko have retired 
from our Board, and we sincerely thank them for 
their valuable contributions.

We were pleased to welcome Dr. Steven Stein to 
the Executive Management team as Chief Medical 
Officer in March 2015. Previously SVP, U.S. Clinical 
Development & Medical Affairs at Novartis Oncology 
U.S., Dr. Stein has been working closely with  
Dr. Richard Levy, Incyte’s Chief Drug Development 
Officer over the last year. This spring, Dr. Levy 

intends to retire after more than a decade at  
Incyte, and his responsibilities will now be passed  
to Dr. Stein. Dr. Levy was instrumental in developing 
Jakafi and working with the FDA to ensure its 
approval. We thank him for all his hard work  
and wish him well. 

In December 2015, Michael Morrissey joined our 
Executive Management team as Head of Global 
Technical Operations. He previously served as 
Corporate Vice President, Head of International 
Technical Operations for Celgene International.  
Mr. Morrissey works from our Geneva office, where 
we have built a medical and clinical development 
team of approximately 20 since opening the facility 
in October 2015.

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www.incyte.comThe Year Ahead
The past year has put us in a strong position to 
achieve our goals in 2016 and beyond. In the 
coming twelve months, we look forward to 
delivering another strong year of sales for Jakafi, 
the FDA and EMA decisions on baricitinib for  
the treatment of RA, and sharing additional data  
from across our broad clinical portfolio.

In closing, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank 
all the researchers, physicians, patients and their 
families who contribute to and participate in our 
clinical trials as well as the Incyte team for their hard 
work and dedication to our shared mission. Science 
will drive our success, and, combined with a focus 
on the needs of patients, I am confident that we 
will achieve our goal of becoming a world-leading 
biopharmaceutical organization. 

Thank you for your support, and I look  
forward to another successful year ahead.

Best regards,

Hervé Hoppenot 
Chairman, President and CEO

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www.incyte.comThe Leadership Team

Executive Management 

Board of Directors

Hervé Hoppenot 
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer

Julian C. Baker 
Managing Partner, Baker Brothers Investments

Barry P.  Flannelly, PharmD, MBA 
General Manager US

Jean-Jacques Bienaimé 
Chief Executive Officer, BioMarin

David W. Gryska 
Chief Financial Officer

Reid M. Huber, PhD 
Chief Scientific Officer

Richard S. Levy, MD 
Chief Drug Development Officer 

Michael Morrissey 
Head of Global Technical Operations

Eric H. Siegel, JD, MBA  
General Counsel

Steven H. Stein, MD 
Chief Medical Officer

Paula J. Swain 
Head of Human Resources

Wenqing Yao, PhD 
Head of Discovery Chemistry

Paul A. Brooke 
Founder and Former Managing Director, venBio

Paul J. Clancy 
Chief Financial Officer, Biogen

Wendy Dixon, PhD 
Former Chief Marketing Officer and President, 
Global Marketing, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Paul A. Friedman, MD 
Former President and Chief Executive Officer,  
Incyte Corporation

Hervé Hoppenot 
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer,  
Incyte Corporation

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Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held 
May 27, 2016, at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, 
at Incyte Corporation, 1801 Augustine Cut-Off, 
Wilmington, Delaware 19803

Outside Counsel
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 

Independent Registered Public 
Accounting Firm 
Ernst & Young LLP 

Market Information
Incyte Common Stock trades on the Nasdaq 
Global Select Market under the symbol INCY. 

Investor Relations

Michael Booth, DPhil  
Vice President, Investor Relations  
Email: mbooth@incyte.com 

Lauren Kwiecinski, MBA 
Director, Investor Relations 
Email: lkwiecinski@incyte.com

You can obtain recent press releases and other 
publicly available information on Incyte by visiting 
our website at www.incyte.com. 

Corporate Headquarters
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Forward-Looking Statements 

Except for the historical information set forth herein, the 
matters set forth in this annual report contain predictions, 
estimates and other forward-looking statements, 
including without limitation statements regarding: our 
2016 financial guidance; whether Jakafi and Jakavi will 
be growth drivers for us in 2016 and beyond; whether 
Jakafi sales will reach a peak of at least $1.5 billion in 
MPNs; our anticipated future accomplishments in drug 
discovery and development; our plans regarding our 
product pipeline and strategy, including without limitation 
our ECHO program, our FGFR inhibitor program, our BRD 
inhibitor program, our GITR program, our LSD1 program, 
our PI3K-delta program, our PD-1 program, our GVHD 
program and our PIM program; our plans and expected 
timelines for advancing our drug candidates (including 
our targeted therapy, our immuno-oncology and our 
non-oncology product candidates) for monotherapy and 
combination therapy through clinical trials and regulatory 
submissions; potential therapeutic and commercial value 
of our drug candidates; whether and when we will receive 
future potential regulatory milestone payments or royalty 
payments from Lilly with respect to baricitinib, whether 
baricitinib will be approved in the U.S. or receive a positive 
opinion in Europe, and whether baricitinib will become a 
significant source of revenue; and whether capmatinib will 
be approved or become a source of revenue for us. 

These forward-looking statements are subject to risks 
and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ 
materially, including unanticipated developments in 
and risks related to:  the efficacy or safety of Jakafi; 
the acceptance of Jakafi in the marketplace; market 
competition; the results of research and development; 
sales, marketing and distribution requirements; the 
possibility that results of clinical trials may be unsuccessful 
or insufficient to meet applicable regulatory standards 
or warrant continued development; the ability to enroll 
sufficient numbers of subjects in clinical trials; other 
market or economic factors and technological advances; 
unanticipated delays; our ability to compete against 
parties with greater financial or other resources; our 
dependence on our relationships with our collaboration 
partners; greater than expected expenses; unanticipated 
or unpredictable expenses relating to litigation or 
strategic activities; our ability to obtain additional capital 
when needed; obtaining or maintaining effective patent 
coverage for our products; and such other risks detailed 
from time to time in Incyte’s reports filed with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Form 
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. 

Incyte disclaims any intent or obligation to update these 
forward-looking statements.

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