Galapagos Pledges More Restraint On Pipeline Potential
But Keeping The Faith With Toledo
Executive Summary
The Belgium-headquartered firm has struggled of late to impress investors, most recently with data from its salt-inducible kinase inhibitors, and CMO Walid Abi-Saab told Scrip that one reason could be "the level of optimism that prevails in the company. We jump on things a bit ahead of time."
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