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Galapagos and Janssen part ways following 'therapeutic shift'

 
• By Sukaina Virji

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.

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.

Among others, all rights to candidate drug GLPG1690, a selective autotaxin inhibitor, have been returned to Galapagos. A first-in-human Phase I trial for GLPG1690 has been completed and Galapagos is...

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