PAUL A. FRIEDMAN, M.D.

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INCYTE CORP

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2017-04-17 Paul A. Friedman, M.D. has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since July 2016. Dr. Friedman served as our Chief Executive Officer from November 2001 to January 2014 and was our President from May 2004 to January 2014. From 1998 until October 2001, Dr. Friedman served as President of DuPont Pharmaceuticals Research Laboratories, a wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company (formerly The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company), from 1994 to 1998 he served as President of Research and Development of The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company, and from 1991 to 1994 he served as Senior Vice President at Merck Research Laboratories. Prior to his work at Merck and DuPont, Dr. Friedman was an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Friedman is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and a Member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation. Dr. Friedman is also a director of Cerulean Pharma Inc., Verastem, Inc., and two privately held companies and has served as interim Executive Chairman of Cerulean Pharma Inc. since October 2014. In addition, Dr. Friedman served as a director of Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from June 2010 until its acquisition in January 2015 and Durata Therapeutics, Inc. from May 2013 until its acquisition in November 2014.
2018-03-14 Paul A. Friedman, M.D. Chief Executive Officer Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Director since 2001 Age 75 Independent Director Committees None Dr. Friedman has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since July 2016.
2019-03-21 Dr. Friedman has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, since July 2016.
2020-04-20 Paul A. Friedman, M.D. INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR Age: 77 COMMITTEES: Nominating and Corporate Governance DIRECTOR SINCE: 2001 Dr. Friedman has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

MADRIGAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

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2014-04-30 Dr. Friedman is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and a Member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation. He received his A.B. in Biology from Princeton University and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. Our Board of Directors has concluded that Dr. Friedman should serve as a director as of the date of this proxy statement based on his more than twenty years' experience in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, including his extensive experience in medical and pharmaceutical research with various pharmaceutical companies.
2015-04-30 He received his A.B. in Biology from Princeton University and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. Our Board of Directors has concluded that Dr. Friedman should serve as a director as of the date of this proxy statement based on his more than twenty years' experience in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, including his extensive experience in medical and pharmaceutical research with various pharmaceutical companies.
2017-04-28 Dr. Friedman received his A.B. in Biology from Princeton University and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. We believe that Dr. Friedman is qualified to serve as Chief Executive Officer and as Chairman of our board of directors due to his research and development and management experience and his experience as an executive officer and director of life sciences companies.
2018-04-27 Dr. Friedman received his A.B. in Biology from Princeton University and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. We believe that Dr. Friedman is qualified to serve as Chief Executive Officer and as Chairman of our board of directors due to his research and development and management experience and his experience as an executive officer and director of life sciences companies.
2019-05-15 Dr. Friedman received his A.B. in Biology from Princeton University and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School.
2020-04-29 Dr. Friedman received his A.B. in Biology from Princeton University and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School.
2021-04-30 Dr. Friedman received his A.B. in Biology from Princeton University and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School.
2022-05-02 Dr. Friedman received his A.B. in Biology from Princeton University and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School.
2023-05-01 Dr. Friedman has served as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since July 22, 2016. Dr. Friedman also currently serves on the Board of Prelude Therapeutics, a publicly-held biopharmaceutical company, where he serves as non-executive Chairman. Dr. Friedman served as the Chief Executive Officer of Incyte from November 2001 until his retirement in January 2014. Dr. Friedman served from 1994 to 1998, as President of Research & Development for the DuPont-Merck Pharmaceutical Company and from 1998 to 2001 as President of DuPont Pharmaceuticals Research Laboratories, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the DuPont Company. From 1991 to 1994, he served as Senior Vice President at Merck Research Laboratories. Prior to his tenures at Merck and DuPont, Dr. Friedman was an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Friedman is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and a member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation. He also previously served on the board of directors of the following publicly-held pharmaceutical companies in the last five years: Incyte (from November 2001 through May of 2021); Alexion Pharmaceuticals (through its acquisition by AstraZeneca in 2021); Cerulean Pharma Inc. (now Daré Bioscience, Inc.) (through January of 2017); and Verastem, Inc. (through April of 2017). Dr. Friedman received his A.B. in Biology from Princeton University and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School.
2024-04-29 Dr. Friedman received his A.B. in Biology from Princeton University and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School.

Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2026-02-03