Company will develop a cell-based assay for discovery projects and carry out compound management.

Galapagos entered into a €41. million, or $5.4 million, drug discovery and compound-management agreement with Dart Neuroscience (DNS).


Galapagos service division, BioFocus DPI, will develop a cell-based assay for DNS’ drug discovery programs for brain disorders. It will perform high-throughput screening and hit expansion using BioFocus DPI’s compound collections.  The three-year contract also calls for certain compound-management projects.


 “This collaboration maximizes several key BioFocus DPI strengths: assay development and high-throughput screening as well as compound libraries and compound management,” points out Onno van de Stolpe, CEO of Galapagos.

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