2024 Honoree: Incyte
represented by Chief Executive Officer Hervé Hoppenot
Founded in Wilmington, Delaware in 2022, Incyte is a pioneering global biopharmaceutical company committed to developing innovative medicines for patients with unmet medical needs. With a strong focus on oncology, inflammation, and autoimmunity, Incyte has established operations across North America, Europe, and Asia, with an exceptional team of biologists and chemists based in Delaware working together to tackle new drug discovery and development to find meaningful solutions for patients by following the science.
Hervé Hoppenot joined Incyte in 2014 as President and CEO and was later appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2015. Under his leadership, Incyte has grown tremendously, tripling its clinical candidates and expanding its research into new therapeutic areas focusing on rare and often hard-to-treat diseases. Incyte also expanded geographically with clinical development and commercial presence in North America, Europe and Asia.
“I am honored to be receiving the Pete du Pont Freedom Award on behalf of Incyte. Our mission to Solve On. is driven by our relentless pursuit to find answers for patients by following the science. This award reaffirms our commitment to pioneering progress and recognizes the collective experience, passion and perseverance of our entire team.” – Hervé Hoppenot, President and CEO, Incyte
About the Pete du Pont Freedom Award
The Pete du Pont Freedom Award is presented annually to an individual or organization who has championed a successful idea which has led to economic growth or brought innovation to the private sector. The award honors one of Delaware’s finest leaders, the late former Governor Pete du Pont, who delivered Delaware from harsh fiscal times into an age of vibrant economic growth by working with the legislature, business and community leaders, and educators. The Pete du Pont Freedom Award event serves as a key fundraising effort to help support the Foundation’s work to identify and bring to life bold and innovative ideas to make Delaware a better place to live, work, and raise a family. As an added bonus, the ceremony will recognize the Equitable Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (E3) Alumni and include a progress report on the Reinventing Delaware competition, recognize the most recent winners, and celebrate the top ideas.
Among the too numerous frustrations of the political process is that a lot of smart and talented people spend their time and energy fulminating about things that don’t really matter. That diverts attention from our nation’s real problems.
– Governor Pete du Pont
