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Incyte Ends Jakafi Pancreatic Cancer Trials, But Has More Irons In The Fire

 
• By Emily Hayes

Pancreatic trial failure means the end of the inflammation hypothesis for Jakafi and thus the end of related solid tumor trials, but trials of JAK inhibitors in other solid tumors still have potential, says Incyte.

Incyte Corp. is putting an end to studies of its Jakafi in solid tumor trials investigating the link between cancer and high inflammation following a Phase III failure in pancreatic tumors, but the company stresses that its JAK inhibitors will continue to be tested in other solid tumor studies.

The company announced Feb

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