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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-21-007160
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13D/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210125
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210125

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Merus N.V.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001651311
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			P7
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-89510
		FILM NUMBER:		21549741

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		YALELAAN 62
		CITY:			3584 CM UTRECHT
		STATE:			P7
		ZIP:			3584 CM
		BUSINESS PHONE:		31 030 253 8800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		YALELAAN 62
		CITY:			3584 CM UTRECHT
		STATE:			P7
		ZIP:			3584 CM

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Merus B.V.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20150819

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INCYTE CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000879169
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMMERCIAL PHYSICAL & BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH [8731]
		IRS NUMBER:				943136539
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1801 AUGUSTINE CUT-OFF
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19803
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3024986700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1801 AUGUSTINE CUT-OFF
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19803

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INCYTE CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030318

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INCYTE GENOMICS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000710

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INCYTE PHARMACEUTICALS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930902
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1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Amendment No. 1)*</B></P>

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n.v.</B></FONT></P>

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Shares, nominal value &euro;0.09 per share</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><B>N5749R100</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Maria E. Pasquale</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Executive Vice President and General
Counsel</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Incyte Corporation</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1801 Augustine Cut-Off, </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Wilmington, Delaware 19803</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(302) 498-6700</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person<BR>
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B></B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><B>January
25, 2021</B></P>

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this Statement)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.5in 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">If
the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule
13D, and is filing this schedule because of &sect;&sect;240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.5in 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Note</B>: Schedules filed
in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See &sect;240.13d-7 for
other parties to whom copies are to be sent.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.5in 0pt 0; text-align: justify">* The remainder of this cover
page shall be filled out for a reporting person&rsquo;s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities,
and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.</P>

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remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (&ldquo;<U>Act</U>&rdquo;) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject
to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).</P>

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number.</B></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="7"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Names of Reporting Persons<BR>
Incyte Corporation</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">3.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">SEC Use Only </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Source of Funds (See Instructions)<BR>
WC</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="7"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">6.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Citizenship or Place of Organization<BR>
Delaware</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" ROWSPAN="7"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Number of<BR>
Shares<BR>
Beneficially<BR>
Owned by<BR>
Each<BR>
Reporting<BR>
Person With</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">7.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Sole Voting Power <BR>
3,550,000</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">8.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Shared Voting Power <BR>
0</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">9.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Sole Dispositive Power <BR>
3,550,000</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="4"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">10.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Shared Dispositive Power <BR>
0</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">11.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person <BR>
3,550,000</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">12.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">13.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11) <BR>
9.4%* </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="7"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">14.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<BR>
CO</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 83%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 4.3pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -4.3pt">* The calculation
of the percentage of outstanding shares is based on 37,885,544 Common Shares (defined below) outstanding immediately following
the Offering (defined below), including the exercise in full of the Underwriters&rsquo; Option (defined below), as described in
the Issuer&rsquo;s prospectus supplement and Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January
22, 2021.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Introduction</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D (this
 &ldquo;<U>Amendment</U>&rdquo;) amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D (the &ldquo;<U>Schedule&nbsp;13D</U>&rdquo;)
filed by Incyte Corporation, a Delaware corporation (&ldquo;<U>Incyte</U>&rdquo;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
 &ldquo;<U>Commission</U>&rdquo;) on December 28, 2020, relating to the common shares, nominal value &euro;0.09 per share (the &ldquo;<U>Common
Shares</U>&rdquo;), of Merus N.V., a public company with limited liability (<I>naamloze vennootschap</I>) incorporated under the
laws of the Netherlands (the &ldquo;<U>Issuer</U>&rdquo;). The Schedule 13D superseded the Schedule&nbsp;13G filed by Incyte with
the Commission on January 23, 2017 relating to the Common Shares. The Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented to include
the information set forth herein. Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Schedule 13D.
Except as set forth herein, the Schedule 13D is unmodified and remains in full force and effect.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">The
information in Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is amended and supplemented as follows:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">The
additional information provided in Item 4 of this Amendment below is incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 4. Purpose of Transaction</B>&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">The
information in Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is amended and supplemented by the following information:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">On
January 25, 2021, Incyte purchased 350,000 Common Shares in the Issuer&rsquo;s underwritten public offering of 4,848,485 Common
Shares (the &ldquo;<U>Offering</U>&rdquo;) at the public offering price of $24.75 per Common Share, or an aggregate purchase price
of $8,662,500, using available working capital. </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The information in Item 5(a) and (b) of
the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(a) <B>Aggregate Number and Percentage
of Securities</B>. As of the date that this Amendment is filed, Incyte directly holds 3,550,000 Common Shares, representing 9.4%
of the outstanding Common Shares based on a total of 37,885,544 Common Shares outstanding immediately following the Offering, including
727,272 Common Shares subject to an option to purchase additional shares granted by the Issuer to the <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">underwriters
for the Offering (the &ldquo;<U>Underwriters&rsquo; Option</U>&rdquo;)</FONT>, as described in the Issuer&rsquo;s prospectus supplement
filed with the Commission on January 22, 2021. As described in the Issuer&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission
on January 22, 2021, the Underwriters&rsquo; Option was exercised in full.&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(b) <B>Power to Vote and Dispose</B>. Incyte
has sole voting and dispositive power over the 3,550,000 Common Shares reported herein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The information in Item 5(c) of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended
and supplemented by the following information:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(c) <B>Transactions within the past 60
days</B>. Described above under <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Item 4 of this Amendment and incorporated herein by reference.
Except as described in Item&nbsp;4 of this Amendment, Incyte has not effected any transactions in Common Shares in the past 60
days. </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date: January 25, 2021</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>Incyte Corporation</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Maria E. Pasquale</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 45%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Maria E. Pasquale</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Its:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Executive Vice President and General Counsel</FONT></TD></TR>
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