Galapagos - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Galapagos M&A Summary

Galapagos has acquired 9 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. It has also divested 4 assets.

Galapagos’ largest acquisition to date was in 2008, when it acquired Sareum Holdings - Drug Discovery business for $783M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2014, when it sold Galapagos NV - CRO Services Division to Charles River Laboratories International for $145M. Galapagos has acquired in 2 different US states, and 5 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include life science (89%) and information technology (12%).

Galapagos Business Overview

Where is Galapagos headquartered?

Galapagos is headquartered in Mechelen, Belgium.

What is Galapagos’ revenue?

Galapagos disclosed revenue of 240M EUR for 2023 and 241M EUR for 2022.

How many employees does Galapagos have?

Galapagos has 683 employees.

What sector is Galapagos in?

Galapagos is a life science company.

When was Galapagos founded?

Galapagos was founded in 1999.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity13
    • M&A Buy Activity9
    • M&A Sell Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 5
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 6

Galapagos

Galapagos NV

Generaal De Wittelaan L11 A3,
Mechelen, 2800
Belgium,
+32 1 534 29 00
www.glpg.com

Galapagos is a clinical stage biotech company focused on developing novel mode of action medicines. Galapagos was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Mechelen, Belgium.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 7 - - 2 - - 9
vol $811M $139M $950M
Sell (0.2/yr) # 3 1 - - - - 4
vol $145M $35M $181M
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
CellPoint BV 2022-06-22 125M USD Add-on Acquisition
Oegstgeest, Netherlands · www.cellpoint.bio
Abound Bio, Inc. 2022-06-22 14M USD Add-on Acquisition
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · www.aboundbio.com
Fidelta Ltd. 2020-11-23 35M EUR Divestiture
Zagreb, Croatia · www.fidelta.eu
Argenta Discovery 2009 Ltd. 2014-03-31 - Divestiture
Harlow, United Kingdom · www.argentadiscovery.com
BioFocus DPI Ltd. 2014-03-31 - Divestiture
Saffron Walden, United Kingdom
Galapagos NV - CRO Services Division 2014-03-13 145M EUR Divestiture
Mechelen, Belgium
Compound Focus, Inc. 2011-06-01 14M EUR Divestiture
385 Oyster Point Boulevard Suite 1, California
GlaxoSmithKline - Medical Research Croatia 2010-09-07 - Divestiture
Zagreb, Croatia
Fidelta Ltd. 2010-09-01 - Divestiture
Zagreb, Croatia · www.fidelta.eu
Sareum Holdings - Drug Discovery business 2008-08-26 783M EUR Divestiture
, United Kingdom
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Life Science 8 (89%) 825M (87%) 4 (100%) 181M (100%)
Information Technology 1 (11%) 125M (13%) - -
Total 9 $950M 4 $181M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United Kingdom 3 797M 2 -
Croatia 2 - 1 35M
United States 2 28M - -
  Pennsylvania 1 14M - -
  California 1 14M - -
Belgium - - 1 145M
France 1 - - -
Netherlands 1 125M - -
Domestic - - 1 (25%) 145M (81%)
Cross-border 9 (100%) 950M (100%) 3 (75%) 35M (19%)
Total 9 $950M 4 $181M

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 2 $908M
< $100M 3 $42M
TOTAL $950M
Largest Sareum Holdings - Drug Discovery business
$783M (2008-08-26)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $145M
< $100M 1 $35M
TOTAL $181M
Largest Galapagos NV - CRO Services Division
$145M (2014-03-13)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
56%
5 (56%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
4 (100%)

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