The total potential value of the collaboration, which will run for
three years, is up to $1 billion.
As part of the collaboration, Evotec will explore potential drug
candidates for the treatment of diabetes and chronic liver disease,
the Hamburg-based company said.
Eli Lilly has the right to select up to five programmes developed
within the partnership and then assume responsibility for further
development and commercialisation.
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Evotec will receive an upfront
payment from the U.S. company, the amount of
which was not disclosed, and will receive
performance-based milestone payments of up to
$180 million per programme and royalties on any
products from the collaboration.
(Reporting by Patricia Weiss, Writing by Miranda
Murray; Editing by Paul Carrel)
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