Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) Investor Alert: Lawsuit Alleges Misleading Statements

A lawsuit was filed for certain investors in shares of Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY). Deadline: May 6, 2013. NASDAQ:INCY investors should contact the Shareholders Foundation at mail@shareholdersfoundation.com

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San Diego, CA -- (SBWire) -- 03/11/2013 --An investor in shares of Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware over alleged violations of Federal Securities Laws by Incyte Corporation in connection with certain allegedly false and misleading statements, including about the demand for its myelofibrosis drug, Jakafi.
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Investors who purchased shares of Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) have certain options and for certain NASDAQ:INCY investors are short and strict deadlines running. Deadline: May 6, 2013. NASDAQ:INCY investors should contact the Shareholders Foundation at mail(at)shareholdersfoundation.com or call +1(858) 779 - 1554.

According to the complaint the plaintiff alleges on behalf of purchasers of Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) common stock during the period between April 26, 2012 and August 1, 2012, that Incyte Corporation and certain of its officers and directors violated the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by issuing between April 26, 2012 and August 1, 2012 allegedly materially false and misleading statements concerning Incyte’s business and prospects, including about the demand for its drug, Jakafi.

The plaintiff claims that based on defendants’ reports of strong sales demand for Jakafi and their positive statements supporting Incyte’s increased sales growth guidance for fiscal 2012, Incyte stock traded at inflated prices between April 26, 2012 and August 1, 2012, reaching over $26 per share by July 10, 2012.

Then, on August, 2, 2012, Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) reported its 2012 second quarter financial results.

The plaintiff alleges that defendants also disclosed for the first time that many of the new patients prescribed Jakafi during the fourth quarter of 2011 and first quarter of 2012 “were [so] very advanced ... they would not have been eligible for the Phase III trial in which life expectancy had to be at least six months.” According to the lawsuit, defendants conceded that while prescriptions to these patients had increased fourth quarter 2011 and first quarter 2012 sales revenues, those were not revenues that would continue for the three years on average that defendants had claimed between April 26, 2012 and August 1, 2012 the pre-approval clinical data had suggested patients would remain on Jakafi, because, as defendants were forced to disclose during Incyte’s August 2, 2012 conference call, “early on we had people discontinue because they died.”

Shares of Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) fell from $26.09 on August 1, 2012, to as low as $17.60 on August 8, 2012.

On March 8, 2013, NASDAQ:INCY shares closed at $23.53 per share.

Those who purchased shares of Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) have certain options and should contact the Shareholders Foundation.

Contact:
Shareholders Foundation, Inc.
Trevor Allen
3111 Camino Del Rio North - Suite 423
92108 San Diego
Phone: +1-(858)-779-1554
Fax: +1-(858)-605-5739
mail@shareholdersfoundation.com

Media Relations Contact

Trevor Allen
General Manager
Shareholders Foundation, Inc.
858-779-1554
http://www.ShareholdersFoundation.com

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