Galapagos and Janssen part ways following 'therapeutic shift'

Galapagos, which said in December that its partnership with Janssen Pharmaceutica was "very much alive," now says the companies have agreed to mutually terminate their inflammation alliance and option agreements. "The therapeutic indications of these programs have shifted along the way and moved outside focus areas of Janssen," Galapagos CEO Onno van de Stolpe told Scrip.