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Galapagos and Gilead Enter into Binding Agreement to Collaborate on Advancing First in Class T Cell Engager Program for Autoimmune Diseases
New collaboration structure achieves meaningfully improved financial terms and flexibility for Galapagos Following this transaction, the Company will continue to have a majority of its cash remaining for additional strategic transactions and other capital allocation priorities Opportunity to develop a potential first-in-class & best-in-class T cell engager in autoimmune diseases with gamgertamig Management to host conference call today, March 31, 2026, at 14:00 CET / 8:00 am ET Mechelen, Belgium; March 31, 2026, 7.30 CET; regulated information – Announcement in application of Article 7:97, §4/1 of the BCCA — Galapagos NV (Euronext & NASDAQ: GLPG) (“Galapagos” or the “Company”) today announced that it has entered into a binding agreement (the "Framework Agreement") with Gilead Sciences, Inc. ("Gilead") in connection with Gilead's definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding equity interests of US-based Ouro Medicines, LLC ("Ouro"), a privately held biotechnology company focused on developing T cell engager therapies for autoimmune diseases. Gamgertamig (OM336) is a clinical‑stage BCMAxCD3 T cell engager designed to enable rapid and deep plasma and B‑cell depletion following a short duration, subcutaneously administered treatment course.