Hamburg, Germany, 16 June 2017: Evotec AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: EVT, TecDAX, ISIN: DE0005664809) was awarded the European Mediscience Award for “Company of the Year”. The award was presented to Dr Werner Lanthaler, Chief Executive Officer of Evotec AG, at a celebratory dinner on Thursday, 15 June 2017, in London. 

“We are delighted that our entire Company has been recognised with this award. Evotec has transformed into a leader in high-quality drug discovery solutions and has built an ever-growing project portfolio of innovative first- and best-in-class assets”, said Dr Werner Lanthaler, Chief Executive Officer of Evotec. “This award is a recognition of the efforts and work of all Evotec colleagues and we are very thankful for this.” 

The European Mediscience Awards is the largest annual gathering of private and publicly quoted healthcare, biotech and life science companies in Europe recognising achievements in the life sciences industry. Evotec is very proud to be awarded with this prestigious award. 

For further information on the European Mediscience Award, please click on the following link: http://www.mediscience-event.co.uk/. 

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