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Consolidated companies as of December 31, 2019 (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Consolidated companies as of December 31, 2019 |
Disclosure of voting rights in consolidated companies |
|  |  |  | Year ended December 31,
|  |  |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Name of the subsidiary |  | Country |  | % voting right Galapagos NV (directly or indirectly through subsidiaries) |  | Change in % voting right previous period (2019 vs 2018) |  | % voting right Galapagos NV (directly or indirectly through subsidiaries) |  | % voting right Galapagos NV (directly or indirectly through subsidiaries)
BioFocus DPI AG in liquidation |  | Switzerland |  | 100% |  |  |  | 100% |  | 100%
Galapagos Biopharma Belgium BV |  | Belgium |  | 100% |  | 100% |  |  |  |
Galapagos Biopharma Netherlands B.V. |  | The Netherlands |  | 100% |  | 100% |  |  |  |
Galapagos Biopharma Spain S.L.U |  | Spain |  | 100% |  | 100% |  |  |  |
Galapagos Biopharma Italy S.r.l. |  | Italy |  | 100% |  | 100% |  |  |  |
Galapagos Biopharma Germany GmbH |  | Germany |  | 100% |  | 100% |  |  |  |
Galapagos B.V. |  | The Netherlands |  | 100% |  |  |  | 100% |  | 100%
Galapagos Biotech Ltd. (formerly Inpharmatica Ltd.) |  | United Kingdom |  | 100% |  |  |  | 100% |  | 100%
Galapagos GmbH |  | Switzerland |  | 100% |  |  |  | 100% |  | 100%
Galapagos, Inc. (formerly Biofocus, Inc.) |  | United States |  | 100% |  |  |  | 100% |  | 100%
Galapagos NV |  | Belgium |  | Parent company |  |  |  | Parent company |  | Parent company
Galapagos Real Estate 1 BV |  | Belgium |  | 100% |  |  |  | 100% |  |
Galapagos Real Estate 2 BV |  | Belgium |  | 100% |  |  |  | 100% |  |
Galapagos Real Estate Netherlands B.V. |  | The Netherlands |  | 100% |  | 100% |  |  |  |
Galapagos SASU |  | France |  | 100% |  |  |  | 100% |  | 100%
Fidelta d.o.o. |  | Croatia |  | 100% |  |  |  | 100% |  | 100%
Xenometrix, Inc. in liquidation |  | United States |  | 100% |  |  |  | 100% |  | 100%

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