MECHELEN, BELGIUM--(Marketwire - March 14, 2008) - Galapagos NV (Euronext: GLPG; OTC: GLPYY) announces that its Level 1 American Depositary Receipt (ADR) facility in the United States went operational on 13 March 2008. Furthermore, its Chief Executive Officer, Onno van de Stolpe, will present at the Cowen and Company 28th Annual Health Care Conference in Boston on 20 March 2008.