Sanofi and Evotec in talks over infectious disease research deal

8 March 2018

German biotech firm Evotec (EVT: Xetra) and French pharma major Sanofi (Euronext: SAN) are in talks about collaborating in infectious disease research and development through a new open innovation platform near Lyon, France.

The details revealed on the deal suggest that it is as good as signed, with the focus of drug discovery initially to be on new mode-of-action antimicrobials.

"Finding a way to motivate more public funding and academic initiatives for the progress of novel anti-infectives on Evotec’s platform will be a key success factor"

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