EQS-Ad-hoc: Evotec SE / Key word(s): Miscellaneous
Evotec announces CEO transition
03-Jan-2024 / 18:24 CET/CEST
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Hamburg, Germany, – Evotec SE (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: EVT, MDAX/TecDAX, Prime Standard, ISIN: DE 000 566480 9, WKN 566480; NASDAQ: EVO) announces that CEO Dr Werner Lanthaler has informed the company, that he has decided to step down as CEO and will not continue to serve until the end of his current term, for personal reasons. The Supervisory Board has accepted his resignation from his office.
Werner Lanthaler will continue to be available as a strategic advisor to the company’s Supervisory Board. Dr Mario Polywka, former COO and currently member of the Supervisory Board has agreed to step in as interim CEO.
Evotec confirms guidance 2023.
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Contact: Volker Braun, EVP Head of Global Investor Relations & ESG, Evotec SE, Manfred Eigen Campus, Essener Bogen 7, 22419 Hamburg, Germany, Phone: +49(0)151 19405058, volker.braun@evotec.com
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Language:
English
Company:
Evotec SE
Manfred Eigen Campus / Essener Bogen 7
22419 Hamburg
Germany
Phone:
+49 (0)40 560 81-0
Fax:
+49 (0)40 560 81-222
E-mail:
info@evotec.com
Internet:
www.evotec.com
ISIN:
DE0005664809
WKN:
566480
Indices:
MDAX, TecDAX
Listed:
Regulated Market in Berlin, Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange; Nasdaq
Evotec SE is a Germany-based drug discovery and development company. The company is engaged in development of new pharmaceutical products through research alliances and development partnerships with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, academic institutions, patient organizations and venture capital companies. The drug discovery solutions are provided in the form of fee-for-service work, integrated drug discovery alliances, development partnerships, licensing of drug candidates and consulting arrangements. Evotec SE operates in a number of areas, including neuroscience, diabetes and complications of diabetes, pain and inflammation, oncology, infectious diseases, respiratory diseases and fibrosis. Its pipeline covers a range of therapeutic areas, such as CNS Insomnia, Chronic cough, immunology & inflammation, womenâs health endometriosis, nephrology, dermatological diseases, fibrotic disease and antiviral, among others.