Take a look at our previous reports:

Details of the unaudited condensed consolidated interim results

Product net sales

We reported net sales of Jyseleca for the first three months of 2022 amounting to €14.4 million (€0.1 million in the first three months of 2021).

Related costs of sales in the first quarter of 2022 amounted to €2.9 million.

Collaboration revenues

The following table summarizes our collaboration revenues for the three months ended 31 March 2022 and 2021:

 

Three months ended 31 March

(thousands of €)

Over time

Point in time

2022

2021

Recognition of non-refundable upfront payments and license fees

 

 

98,917

105,226

Gilead collaboration agreement for filgotinib

 

41,602

47,405

Gilead collaboration agreement for drug discovery platform

 

57,316

57,821

Milestone payments

 

 

18,374

7,865

Gilead collaboration agreement for filgotinib

 

17,374

7,865

Sobi distribution agreement for Jyseleca

 

1,000

-

Royalties

 

 

4,645

721

Gilead royalties on Jyseleca

 

4,601

678

Other royalties

 

44

43

Total collaboration revenues

 

 

121,936

113,813

The rollforward of the outstanding balance of the current and non-current deferred income between 1 January 2022 and 31 March 2022 can be summarized as follows:

(thousands of €)

Total

Gilead collaboration agreement for filgotinib

Gilead collaboration agreement for drug discovery platform(1)

Other deferred income (grants & goods in transit)

On 1 January 2022

2,364,701

604,875

1,759,828

-

 

 

 

 

 

Milestones achieved

18,238

18,238

 

 

Significant financing component(2)

1,939

1,939

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue recognition of upfront

(98,917)

(41,602)

(57,316)

 

Revenue recognition of milestones

(17,374)

(17,374)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other movements

634

 

 

634

 

 

 

 

 

On 31 March 2022

2,269,223

566,077

1,702,513

634

(1)

The upfront received and the outstanding balance at 1 January 2022 and at 31 March 2022 comprise the issuance liabilities for the warrants and the upfront payment allocated to the drug discovery platform.

(2)

With regard to the additional consideration received for the extended cost sharing for filgotinib, we assume the existence of a significant financing component reflecting the time value of money on the estimated recognition period.

Operating costs and other operating income

Operating costs

Research and development expenditure

The following table summarizes our research and development expenditure for the three months ended 31 March 2022 and 2021:

 

Three months ended 31 March

(thousands of €)

2022

2021

Personnel costs

(40,205)

(40,382)

Subcontracting

(41,728)

(72,980)

Disposables and lab fees and premises costs

(5,207)

(5,917)

Depreciation and amortization

(3,386)

(3,283)

Professional fees

(4,408)

(3,213)

Other operating expenses

(4,985)

(4,185)

Total research and development expenditure

(99,921)

(129,960)

The table below summarizes our R&D expenditure for the three months ended 31 March 2022 and 2021, broken down by program.

 

Three months ended 31 March

(thousands of €)

2022

2021

Filgotinib program

(44,867)

(36,932)

Toledo program

(13,354)

(27,823)

TYK2 program on GLPG3667

(3,467)

(5,990)

Ziritaxestat program

(532)

(10,513)

Other programs

(37,701)

(48,702)

Total research and development expenditure

(99,921)

(129,960)

Sales and marketing expenses

The following table summarizes our sales and marketing expenses for the three months ended 31 March 2022 and 2021:

 

Three months ended 31 March

(thousands of €)

2022

2021

Personnel costs

(16,033)

(10,302)

Depreciation

(215)

(51)

External outsourcing costs

(10,378)

(10,115)

Sales and marketing expenses recharged to Gilead

31

6,642

Professional fees

(369)

(18)

Other operating expenses

(2,019)

(692)

Total sales and marketing expenses

(28,984)

(14,536)

General and administrative expenses

The following table summarizes our general and administrative expenses for the three months ended 31 March 2022 and 2021:

 

Three months ended 31 March

(thousands of €)

2022

2021

Personnel costs

(20,418)

(16,207)

Depreciation and amortization

(1,914)

(1,670)

Legal and professional fees

(4,508)

(5,859)

Other operating expenses

(6,515)

(6,686)

Total general and administrative expenses

(33,355)

(30,422)

Other operating income

The following table summarizes our other operating income for the three months ended 31 March 2022 and 2021:

 

Three months ended 31 March

(thousands of €)

2022

2021

Grant income

437

1,272

R&D incentives

7,085

8,846

Other

158

148

Total other operating income

7,680

10,266

Other financial income/expenses

The following table summarizes our other financial income/expenses (-) for the three months ended 31 March 2022 and 2021:

 

Three months ended 31 March

(thousands of €)

2022

2021

Other financial income:

 

 

Interest income

662

746

Effect of discounting long term R&D incentives receivables

23

23

Currency exchange gain

14,362

46,662

Other finance income

10

69

Total other financial income

15,058

47,500

 

 

 

Other financial expenses:

 

 

Interest expenses

(2,063)

(1,375)

Effect of discounting long term deferred income

(1,939)

(2,447)

Currency exchange loss

(912)

(953)

Fair value loss on financial assets held at fair value through profit or loss

-

(2,913)

Fair value loss on current financial investments

(193)

(3,572)

Other finance charges

(204)

(86)

Total other financial expenses

(5,312)

(11,345)

 

 

 

Total net other financial income

9,746

36,155

Cash position

Cash and cash equivalents and current financial investments totaled €4,643.4 million on 31 March 2022 (€4,703.2 million on 31 December 2021).

Cash and cash equivalents and current financial investments comprised cash at banks, term deposits, treasury bills and money market funds. Our cash management strategy monitors and optimizes our liquidity position. Our cash management strategy allows short-term deposits with an original maturity exceeding three months while monitoring all liquidity aspects.

Cash and cash equivalents comprised €783.6 million of term deposits which all had an original maturity longer than three months. All cash and cash equivalents are available upon maximum three months notice period and without significant penalty. Cash at banks were mainly composed of notice accounts and current accounts. Our credit risk is mitigated by selecting a panel of highly rated financial institutions for our deposits.

Current financial investments comprised €1,102.8 million of term deposits which all had an original maturity longer than three months and which are not available on demand within three months. Our current financial investments also comprised money market funds and treasury bills. Our portfolio of treasury bills contains only AAA rated paper, issued by Germany. Our money market funds portfolio consists of AAA short-term money market funds with a diversified and highly rated underlying portfolio managed by established fund management companies with a proven track record.

 

31 March

31 December

(thousands of €)

2022

2021

Money market funds

1,407,986

1,317,460

Treasury bills

878,333

877,349

Term deposits

1,102,779

275,000

Total current financial investments

3,389,098

2,469,809

 

 

 

Cash at banks

470,667

1,225,860

Term deposits

783,612

1,007,508

Total cash and cash equivalents

1,254,279

2,233,368

 

 

 

Total current financial investments and cash and cash equivalents

4,643,377

4,703,177

On 31 March 2022, our cash and cash equivalents and current financial investments included $949.4 million held in U.S. dollars ($942.5 million on 31 December 2021) which could generate foreign exchange gains or losses in our financial results in accordance with the fluctuation of the EUR/U.S. dollar exchange rate as our functional currency is EUR. The foreign exchange loss (–)/gain in case of a 10% change in the EUR/U.S. dollar exchange rate amounts to €85.5 million.

Capital increase

On 31 March 2022, Galapagos NV’s share capital was represented by 65,648,221 shares. All shares were issued, fully paid up and of the same class. The below table summarizes our capital increases for the period ended 31 March 2022.

(thousands of €, except share data)

Number of shares

Share capital

Share premium

Share capital and share premium

Average exercise price subscription rights (in €/ subscription right)

Closing share price on date of capital in­crease
(in €/ share)

On 1 January 2022

65,552,721

292,075

2,730,391

3,022,467

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18 March 2022: exercise of subscription rights

95,500

517

1,643

2,160

22.61

57.38

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On 31 March 2022

65,648,221

292,592

2,732,034

3,024,626

 

 

Note to the cash flow statement

 

Three months ended 31 March

(thousands of €)

2022

2021

Adjustment for non-cash transactions

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

5,516

5,019

Share-based compensation expenses

14,397

18,459

Increase in retirement benefit obligations and provisions

135

95

Unrealized exchange gains and non-cash other financial result

(13,873)

(38,515)

Discounting effect of deferred income

1,940

2,447

Fair value re-measurement of warrants

185

(1,970)

Net change in (fair) value of current financial investments

193

3,572

Fair value adjustment financial assets held at fair value through profit or loss

-

2,913

Other non-cash expenses

1,159

-

Total adjustment for non-cash transactions

9,652

(7,980)

 

 

 

Adjustment for items to disclose separately under operating cash flow

 

 

Interest expense

2,063

1,375

Interest income

(662)

(740)

Tax expense

1,724

157

Total adjustment for items to disclose separately under operating cash flow

3,125

792

 

 

 

Adjustment for items to disclose under investing and financing cash flows

 

 

Gain on sale of subsidiaries

-

(22,191)

Realized exchange gain on sale of current financial investments

-

(6,645)

Interest income on current financial assets

-

(6)

Total adjustment for items to disclose separately under investing and financing cash flow

-

(28,842)

 

 

 

Change in working capital other than deferred income

 

 

Increase (-)/decrease in inventories

1,006

(300)

Decrease in receivables

41,888

31,883

Decrease in liabilities

(2,783)

(11,911)

Total change in working capital other than deferred income

40,111

19,673