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Galapagos, Gilead Join For Filgotinib

by Michael McCoy
December 21, 2015 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 93, Issue 49

Galapagos and Gilead Sciences are joining to develop filgotinib, a Galapagos-discovered JAK1-selective inhibitor that has completed Phase II clinical trials for inflammatory indications such as arthritis. Galapagos will receive $725 million in licensing fees and equity investment and could receive up to $1.4 billion in milestone payments. In 2012, AbbVie paid Galapagos $120 million for rights to filgotinib but in September announced that it would advance a different arthritis compound instead.

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