# Galapagos - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Galapagos for AI agents.
> Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
> Last updated: 2026-04-27

## Company Profile
- Name: Galapagos
- Sector: biotech, medtech
- Stage: public
- Status: active
- Founded: 1999
- Employees: 35-40
- Location: Mechelen, Flanders, Belgium
- Website: https://www.glpg.com
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/glpg
- Founders: Onno Van De Stolpe

## Overview
Founded in 1999 by Onno van de Stolpe (https://techwiki.ai/people/onno-van-de-stolpe/llms.txt) as a spin-out from Tibotec and Crucell, Galapagos grew into one of Belgium's most prominent biotech companies. The company is dual-listed on Euronext Brussels (https://techwiki.ai/cities/brussels/llms.txt) (part of the Bel20 index) and on Nasdaq under the ticker GLPG. Headquarters remain in Mechelen (https://techwiki.ai/cities/mechelen/llms.txt).

In 2024 and 2025 Galapagos went through a major restructuring. The company announced an exit from cell therapy operations, the closure of sites in Leiden, Basel, Princeton, Pittsburgh and Shanghai, and a workforce reduction of around 90 percent. By the end of 2026 the core team is expected to consist of 35 to 40 people across Mechelen (https://techwiki.ai/cities/mechelen/llms.txt) and a US hub in Chicago. A previously announced plan to separate the company into two entities was abandoned in May 2025.

The pipeline strategy refocused on small-molecule discovery and biologics, moving away from the autologous CAR-T cell therapy programs that had defined the company in earlier years.

## Key People
- Onno van de Stolpe (https://techwiki.ai/people/onno-van-de-stolpe/llms.txt) - Founder
- Henry Gosebruch (https://techwiki.ai/people/henry-gosebruch/llms.txt) - CEO (since May 2025)

## Connections
Galapagos is part of the Belgian biotech cluster alongside argenx (https://techwiki.ai/companies/argenx/llms.txt) and UCB (https://techwiki.ai/companies/ucb/llms.txt), with operations centered in Mechelen (https://techwiki.ai/cities/mechelen/llms.txt).

## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [city] Mechelen: https://techwiki.ai/cities/mechelen/llms.txt
- [city] Brussels: https://techwiki.ai/cities/brussels/llms.txt
- [person] Onno van de Stolpe: https://techwiki.ai/people/onno-van-de-stolpe/llms.txt
- [person] Henry Gosebruch: https://techwiki.ai/people/henry-gosebruch/llms.txt
- [company] argenx: https://techwiki.ai/companies/argenx/llms.txt
- [company] UCB: https://techwiki.ai/companies/ucb/llms.txt
- [sector] BioTech & Life Sciences: https://techwiki.ai/sectors/biotech/llms.txt
- [sector] MedTech & BioTech: https://techwiki.ai/sectors/medtech/llms.txt

## Links
- Website: https://www.glpg.com
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/glpg
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/companies/galapagos/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/companies/galapagos/llms-full.txt

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