HAMBURG, Germany, Jan. 11, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Evotec AG (Frankfurt:EVT) (TecDAX) today announced that its research alliance with Boehringer Ingelheim has achieved a milestone triggering a payment of € 2.5 million to Evotec. The milestone was achieved for the identification and selection of a compound to be advanced into extended profiling prior to pre-clinical development within an oncology programme. This is the fourth milestone achieved in 2011 and represents a total of € 10.5 million of milestones achieved within the year.