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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event
  reported):&#160; <b>April&nbsp;30,
  2008</b></font></p>
  
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  CORPORATION</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer<br>
    Identification No.)</font></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Experimental Station</font></b></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Wilmington, DE</font></b></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">19880</font></b></p>
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    executive offices)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(302) 498-6700</font></b></p>
  
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  including area code)</font></p>
  
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  last report.)</font></p>
  
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  filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the
  registrant under any of the following provisions (see General
  Instruction&nbsp;A.2. below):</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">o</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Written
  communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
  230.425)</font></p>
  
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  material pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b)&nbsp;under the
  Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">o</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13e-4(c)&nbsp;under
  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240-13e-4(c))</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 2.02</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Results of Operations and
  Financial Condition</font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">.</font></b></p>
  
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  issued a press release announcing financial results for its fiscal quarter
  ended March&nbsp;31, 2008. The full text of the press release is furnished as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1.</font></p>
  
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Press
    release issued by Incyte Corporation dated April&nbsp;30, 2008.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURE</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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.</font></p>
  
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text: 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):
  April 30,
  2008
  INCYTE
  CORPORATION
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its
  charter)
  Delaware
  0-27488
  94-3136539
  (State or Other
    Jurisdiction of
  Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)
  (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)
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
  Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under
  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240-13e-4(c))
  Item 2.02
  Results of Operations and
  Financial Condition
  .
  On April 30, 2008, Incyte Corporation
  issued a press release announcing financial results for its fiscal quarter
  ended March 31, 2008. The full text of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.
  Item
     9.01
  Financial
    Statements and Exhibits.
  (d)
  Exhibits
  99.1     Press
    release issued by Incyte Corporation dated April 30, 2008.
  2
  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:  April 30,
  2008
  INCYTE CORPORATION
  By:
  /s/ Patricia A. Schreck
  Patricia A. Schreck
  Executive Vice President
    and
  General Counsel
  3