Evotec SE announced it has entered into a multi-year master research collaboration and option and license agreement with Pfizer. Under the agreement, Evotec and Pfizer will initially focus on early discovery research for metabolic and infectious diseases. The research will be carried out at Evotec's sites in France, including Campus Curie in Toulouse, a state-of-the-art research site with capabilities spanning high throughput screening, in vitro and in vivo biology, proteomics and metabolomics.

Evotec will receive research support funding from Pfizer and be eligible for potential milestones and royalties related to success of the programs.