Galapagos Sees Global Market For Point-Of-Care CAR-T But Is Still On M&A Trail

CEO Hires Ex J&J Colleague To Continue Company Reinvention

Paul Stoffels is continuing his transformation of Galapagos into a company with CAR-T and small molecule platforms and is aiming to seal more M&A deals before the end of this year.

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Paul Stoffels has made its acquired 'point of care' CAR-T tech a key bet for Galapagos, but hopes to seal more M&A deals this year.

Galapagos is continuing to evolve under the leadership of Paul Stoffels, with the Belgium-headquartered biotech building towards its goal of bringing a ‘point-of-care’ CAR-T therapy to patients worldwide.

Speaking to Scrip just ahead of its Q2 results, Stoffels said the company could eventually be well placed to meet unmet global demand for CAR-Ts, which currently can only

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