Mechelen, Belgium; 9 January 2013 - Galapagos NV (Euronext: GLPG) announced today that it successfully delivered a fifth pre-clinical candidate drug in its alliance with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) triggering a milestone payment to Galapagos.
In 2006 Galapagos and GSK initiated a drug discovery and development alliance to deliver disease modifying drugs for GSK's global R&D organization. In this alliance Galapagos delivered a fifth candidate drug.
"Since the start of the alliance in 2006, Galapagos has identified five candidate drugs of which two have been in-licensed by GSK to date," said Onno van de Stolpe, CEO of Galapagos. "We hope that more programs from this alliance may enter the clinic."
About Galapagos' immuno-inflammation alliance with GlaxoSmithKline
Galapagos and GSK initiated an alliance to discover and develop disease-modifying drugs for GSK's global R&D organization in June 2006. Subject to achievement of certain milestone events Galapagos has the potential to receive more than €200 million in total milestone payments, plus up to double-digit royalties from GSK. GSK has an exclusive option to further develop and commercialize compounds from the alliance on a worldwide basis.
About Galapagos
Galapagos (Euronext: GLPG; OTC: GLPYY) is a mid-size clinical stage biotechnology company specialized in the discovery and development of small molecule and antibody therapies with novel modes-of-action. The Company is progressing its JAK1 inhibitor GLPG0634, as well as one of the largest pipelines in biotech, with four programs in development and over 30 discovery programs. The Galapagos Group has over 800 employees and operates facilities in five countries, with global headquarters in Mechelen, Belgium. More info at: www.glpg.com
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