** German drug development company Evotec are seen up around 20% in Lang&Schwarz premarket indications after biotech company Halozyme made a 2 billion euro($2.11 billion) buyout offer to the company
** It said it intends to buy all shares of Evotec at 11 euros per share, which corresponds to a premium of 27.5% as per Thursday closing price
** On Monday Evotec rose on the news of private investment firm Triton buying over 9% stake in the company and considering a potential buyout
** The news on Halozyme might spark a takeover battle, a local trader said
** Evotec said in a statement it will analyze the expression of interest from Halozyme and decide on next steps
($1 = 0.9493 euros)
(Reporting by Isabel Demetz)
((Isabel.demetz@thomsonreuters.com))