Catalent, Inc., a leader in enabling the development and supply of better treatments for patients worldwide, today announced a strategic collaboration with Galapagos NV (Euronext & NASDAQ: GLPG), a biotechnology company with operations in the U.S. and Europe, to support decentralized manufacturing for clinical studies of GLPG5101, Galapagos’ investigational CAR-T therapy for relapsed/refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) indications. Catalent’s commercial cell therapy manufacturing facility in Princeton, New Jersey, will support manufacturing for Galapagos’ upcoming trials in New Jersey, New York, and surrounding areas.

Galapagos’ innovative decentralized manufacturing platform for cell therapies is designed to be deployed close to cancer treatment centers. This class of therapies has shown promising results in patients with NHL, even those who have failed with other therapies. By bringing the manufacturing process closer to patients, Galapagos’ platform has the potential to deliver fresh, fit, stem-like early memory cell therapy with a median vein-to-vein time of seven days, thereby avoiding cryopreservation and eliminating the need for bridging therapy.

“Catalent is passionate about increasing patient access to life-changing cell therapies like those being developed by Galapagos,” said Delara Motlagh, at Vice President, Global Cell Therapy and Plasmid DNA at Catalent. “We are delighted by this collaboration to support Galapagos’ decentralized cell therapy approach to bring these pioneering treatments to more patients with certain aggressive forms of NHL in a median vein-to-vein time of seven days. With our highly experienced cell therapy team, state-of-the-art facility network, and central location, we enable timely delivery of these important therapies.”