Evotec in Drug Discovery Collaboration with Janssen

Evotec SE (FRA:EVT)(MDAX/TecDAX)(ISIN:DE0005664809)(NASDAQ:EVO) announced today that the Company has entered a drug discovery collaboration with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson ("Janssen"). Evotec's innovative TargetAlloMod platforms will be evaluated to discover first-in-class novel mode of action therapeutic candidates. The agreement was facilitated by Johnson & Johnson Innovation.

Under the agreement, Evotec and Janssen will jointly conduct screens on the identified targets and collaborate with hit identification and lead optimisation of the most promising chemical assets, leveraging Evotec's end-to-end integrated drug discovery and development platform.

https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/evotec-enters-a-drug-discovery-collaboration-with-janssen/