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Evotec : Letter of the Chair of Supervisory Board to the Shareholders of Evotec 116,952 KB
Evotec : Letter of the Chair of Supervisory Board to the Shareholders of Evotec 116,952
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Supervisory Board Chair Letter 2026\n \n \n \n Dear Shareholders,\n \n \n The year 2025 marked a decisive stage in Evotec's ongoing evolution. It was a year of focused execution, in which we advanced the transformation journey that began in 2024 while adjusting to a continuously evolving industry landscape. As a result, we emerged more focused, more disciplined and more resilient. While our transformation is not yet complete, both external dynamics and internal actions have steered our trajectory toward profitable and sustainable growth.\n \n \n A dynamic environment\n \n \n In 2025, we navigated a market environment that became more demanding, but also more clearly defined by a structural shift towards higher-quality, more efficient innovation. The impact of advances in data science, automation and artificial intelligence became increasingly tangible across our industry, reshaping how research activities are designed, executed and scaled. Expectations around speed, reliability and capital efficiency rose accordingly, further reinforcing the importance of integrated platforms that can combine deep biological expertise with technology and seamless execution across the value chain - a capability that lies at the core of Evotec's offering across the discovery-to-IND continuum.\n \n \n Accordingly, 2025 was not only a year of adjustment but one that reinforced our relevance at the heart of the life sciences innovation ecosystem. With an enhanced focus on our unique strengths, our priority going forward is to deliver differentiated, tailored solutions to a steadily growing customer base.\n \n \n Transformation and strategic progress\n \n \n Following a period of increased operational complexity and external market pressure, we have actively reshaped and stabilized the company - strategically, financially and culturally - to meet new market requirements and move toward sustainable and profitable growth. Over the year, we significantly stabilized our cost base, strengthened leadership and governance, sharpened our scientific focus and streamlined our portfolio. This effort involved prioritizing our pipeline, consolidating scientific leadership and advancing the integration of data science and AI into our platforms.\n \n \n \n At the heart of this transformation, which continues today, is the strategic framework we developed...