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<label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/totalLabel" xlink:label="lab_ifrs-full_CashFlowsFromUsedInInvestingActivities" xml:lang="nl">Kasstromen uit hoofde van (gebruikt in) investeringsactiviteiten</label>
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<label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="lab_glpg_CashUsedForOtherLiabilitiesRelatedToTheDisposalOfSubsidiaries" xml:lang="nl">Uitgaande kasstroom voor overige schulden gerelateerd aan de verkoop van dochterondernemingen.</label>
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<label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/negatedLabel" xlink:label="lab_glpg_IncreaseDecreaseInWorkingCapitalExcludingDeferredIncome" xml:lang="nl">Wijziging in werkkapitaal ander dan over te dragen opbrengsten</label>
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<label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="lab_glpg_IncreaseDecreaseInWorkingCapitalExcludingDeferredIncome" xml:lang="nl">Wijziging in werkkapitaal ander dan over te dragen opbrengsten.</label>
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<loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="549300QKJ78IY0IOV655-2025-12-31.xsd#glpg_ProceedsFromSettlementOfHedgingInstrument" xlink:label="loc_glpg_ProceedsFromSettlementOfHedgingInstrument" />
<label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="lab_glpg_ProceedsFromSettlementOfHedgingInstrument" xml:lang="nl">Ontvangsten Uit De Afwikkeling Van Hedging Instrument</label>
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<label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="lab_glpg_ProceedsFromSettlementOfHedgingInstrument" xml:lang="nl">Ontvangsten uit de afwikkeling van hedging instrument.</label>
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<label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/negatedLabel" xlink:label="lab_ifrs-full_PurchaseOfFinancialInstrumentsClassifiedAsInvestingActivities" xml:lang="nl">Aankoop van financiële instrumenten, geclassificeerd als investeringsactiviteiten</label>
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<loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="https://xbrl.ifrs.org/taxonomy/2024-03-27/full_ifrs/full_ifrs-cor_2024-03-27.xsd#ifrs-full_PurchaseOfIntangibleAssetsClassifiedAsInvestingActivities" xlink:label="loc_ifrs-full_PurchaseOfIntangibleAssetsClassifiedAsInvestingActivities" />
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<label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="lab_glpg_DisclosureOfConvertibleLoanTextBlock" xml:lang="nl">Converteerbare lening.</label>
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