04:06 PM EDT, 04/23/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Evotec SE ( EVO ) Tuesday said Christian Wojczewski will join the German drug discovery and development company as its new chief executive officer on July 1.

Wojczewski was most recently CEO of Mediq in Netherlands.

Wojczewski succeeds Mario Polywka, who was appointed interim CEO on Jan. 3 and plans to retire at the end of June. Polywka also is not standing for re-election to his supervisory board position when his current term expires.

Evotec shares were nearly 4% higher just ahead of Tuesday's closing bell.

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