Incyte Tosses IO Candidates To Focus On High-Value Pipeline Assets

The drug maker’s next-generation JAK1 inhibitor povorcitinib has an addressable market potentially worth more than $3bn if it wins approval in hidradenitis suppurativa and vitiligo.

Incyte shuffled its pipeline in Q2, discontinuing several IO programs • Source: Shutterstock

Incyte Corporation is jettisoning a suite of immunotherapy programs to focus on more high-value assets in its pipeline, particularly as its flagship drug Jakafi (ruxolitinib) gets closer to losing market exclusivity. The pipeline shake-up includes a number of immuno-oncology drug candidates.

The Wilmington, DE-based drug maker reported its second quarter earnings on 30 July, posting $1bn in revenue that represented 9%...

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