Monday, July 09, 2007

Galapagos Extends Osteoarthritis Deal With GlaxoSmithKline

Galapagos NV (GLPG.BT) announced Monday that its existing multiyear alliance in osteoarthritis with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will be expanded, and that Galapagos has issued 513,281 new shares for an investment of EUR4.4 million by GSK.

GSK will bring a drug discovery program against a selected GSK target into the alliance. Within this additional program, Galapagos will progress a disease-modifying drug towards completion of clinical Phase IIa or "Proof-of-Concept", at which point GSK's global research and development organization will be responsible for the late-stage development, production and marketing of the drug. Furthermore, GSK may add a second osteoarthritis drug discovery program against a selected GSK target into the alliance.

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