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Galapagos announces agreement worth up to EUR6.3 million with United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

20 Apr 2007 - Galapagos NV announced that its service division BioFocus DPI has entered into a multi year compound management agreement with the United States EPA. BioFocus DPI will provide chemical procurement and compound management services as part of the EPA's ToxCast Program (Prioritization of Environmentally Relevant Chemicals). The contract covers a period of up to five years and has a total value of up to EUR6.3 million.
 
Under the agreement BioFocus DPI will acquire, analyze, store, format and deliver specific compounds to a variety of sites selected by the EPA. The total size of the collection will be determined at the EPA's discretion.