HAMBURG, Germany and OXFORD, UK, Sept. 9, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Evotec AG (Frankfurt:EVT) (Nasdaq:EVTC), a leading provider in the discovery and development of novel small molecule drugs, today announced that it has entered into a research agreement with Biogen Idec (Nasdaq:BIIB), a leading biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., USA.