Company: GLPG
Filing Date: 2025-12-10
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001104659-25-119980
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Company: GALAPAGOS NV
Filing Date: 2025-12-10
Form: S-8
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center'>PART I.

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</div>

The information specified in Part I of Form S-8
is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory
note to Part I of this Registration Statement. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
will be delivered to the participants in the plan covered by this Registration Statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under
the Securities Act.

<div align='center'>PART II.

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>

| ITEM 3. | INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE |

The following documents filed by Galapagos NV
(the “Registrant”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

(a) The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on March 27, 2025 (File No. 001-37384),
which contains audited financial statements for the Registrant’s latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;

(b) Our reports on Form 6-K furnished
to the Commission on January 8, 2025; January 8, 2025, February 12, 2025; February 18, 2025; February 24, 2025;
March 28, 2025; April 15, 2025; April 21, 2025, April 23, 2025, April 29, 2025, May 13, 2025; May 14, 2025; May 28, 2025; June 13, 2025; June 20, 2025, June 25, 2025, July 23, 2025, July 24, 2025, July 24, 2025, August 6, 2025; August 7, 2025; October 1, 2025; October 16, 2025, October 21, 2025, October 24, 2025,
October 30, 2025, November 3, 2025, November 6, 2025 and November 26, 2025 (other than portions of each of the foregoing