Incyte Corp. has patented heteroaryl fluoroalkenes acting as diacylglycerol kinase α (DGK-α) and/or diacylglycerol kinase ζ (DGK-ζ) inhibitors and thus reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
A quick jury verdict that a biopharma official was guilty of insider trading validated the U.S. SEC’s broader view of what constitutes such trading and could ignite more SEC “shadow trading” investigations and allegations. Following an eight-day trial before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and a little more than two hours of deliberation, a jury found April 5 that Matthew Panuwat violated national securities laws when he purchased short-term, out-of-the-money stock options in Incyte Corp. in 2016.
Insider trading goes beyond the bounds of the companies at the center of nonpublic information, the U.S. SEC reminded biopharma industry insiders Aug. 17 when it charged Matthew Panuwat, former head of business development at Medivation Inc., with insider trading ahead of the California company’s Aug. 22, 2016, announcement that it was being acquired by Pfizer Inc. in a $14 billion deal.
Investigators at Incyte Corp. have reported details on the discovery and preclinical characterization of new potent and selective inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) as potential anticancer candidates.
Incyte Corp. has developed fused tricyclic compounds acting as GTPase KRAS (mutant) inhibitors. As such, they are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammation and immunological disorders.
Analysts from the hosting firm talked up their takeaways on biopharma from the J.P. Morgan (JPM) Healthcare Conference and looked ahead to 2024, anticipating a generally better year than those in the recent past.
It’s not every day you see a small drug company’s presentations get picked for both the plenary session and the late-breaker session at a conference, but Syndax Pharmaceuticals Inc. managed to do just that at the 65th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting 2023 – with a little help from a friend.
Five years after Gilead Sciences Inc. gave up on momelotinib in the wake of two phase III failures in myelofibrosis, the JAK1/2 and ACVR1 inhibitor has found its way to the market in the hands of GSK plc. Branded Ojjaara, the drug gained U.S. FDA approval for use in intermediate- or high-risk myelofibrosis patients with anemia regardless of prior administration with JAK inhibitors such as Jakafi (ruxolitinib, Incyte Corp.).
Incyte Corp. has patented bicyclic amines acting as cyclin-dependent kinase 12 (CDK12) inhibitors and reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
