Evogene Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results

Conference call and webcast: today, May 20, 2026, 9:00 AM ET

REHOVOT, Israel, May 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Evogene Ltd. (NASDAQ: EVGN) (TASE: EVGN), a pioneering company in computational chemistry specializing in the generative AI design of small molecules for the pharmaceutical and agricultural industries, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. 

Mr. Ofer Haviv, President & CEO of Evogene, stated: "Following the strategic transformation initiated in 2025, we are now focused on execution and advancing our tech engine for small-molecule discovery and optimization, ChemPass AI™, and expanding our product pipeline in pharma and agriculture, through collaborations and continued progress in our internal programs.

ChemPass AI™'s competitive advantage lies in its ability to generate novel molecules while optimizing multiple critical parameters from the earliest stages of design. We continue to enhance the platform through internal development and collaboration with tech companies. In February 2026, we were proud to announce a second collaboration with Google Cloud focused on integrating advanced AI agents into ChemPass AI™, aimed at automating the generation of unique datasets from complex scientific workflows, thereby enabling new capabilities in small-molecule discovery and optimization.

Our proprietary small-molecule candidates are designed to combine three key advantages: novel and diverse chemical structures, multi-parameter optimization from the earliest design stages, and high potency supported by targeted experimental validation.

In pharma, we significantly expanded our activity during the first quarter of 2026, announcing three new collaborations with biotech companies and academic institutions:

These additions bring the total number of publicly disclosed collaborations in this domain to four.

In agriculture, our AgPlenus subsidiary continues to advance novel herbicide programs through our collaboration with Corteva. In parallel, our internal fungicide program has demonstrated strong progress and is advancing through lead optimization, highlighting the effectiveness of integrating AI-driven design with iterative experimental validation. Regarding our collaboration with Bayer, AgPlenus and Bayer have decided to discontinue their herbicide development project following determination that the target protein did not meet the required product criteria. Under the terms of the termination, all assets licensed to Bayer under the collaboration, including the APTH1 protein target and associated active molecules, will revert to AgPlenus."

"Looking ahead, we expect continued progress across all three of the Company's core business areas, supporting our growth trajectory and long-term value creation," said Mr. Haviv. "We are expanding technological collaborations to strengthen our ChemPass AI^TM innovation capabilities, advancing our pharmaceutical and ag-chemical pipelines toward key milestones, establishing new strategic partnerships, and deepening relationships with leading industry players. Across all activities, we remain focused on execution, pipeline expansion, and long-term growth."

Financial Highlights:

About Evogene Ltd.

Evogene Ltd. (NASDAQ: EVGN) (TASE: EVGN) is a pioneering company in computational chemistry, specializing in the generative design of small molecules for drug development and agchemical products.

At the core of its technology is ChemPass AI^TM, a proprietary generative AI designed to explore vast chemical space and generate novel, highly potent small molecules optimized across multiple critical parameters. Built on this powerful technological foundation, and through strategic partnerships alongside internal product development, Evogene is focused on creating breakthrough products for the pharmaceutical and agricultural industries, driven by the integration of scientific innovation with real-world industry needs.

For more information, please visit www.evogene.com. 

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" relating to future events. These statements may be identified by words such as "may," "could," "expects," "hopes," "intends," "anticipates," "plans," "believes," "scheduled," "estimates," "demonstrates" or words of similar meaning. For example, Evogene is using forward-looking statements in this press release when it discusses Evogene's success in advancing its tech-engine for small-molecule discovery and optimization and expanding its product pipeline in pharma and agriculture, the success of Evogene's collaborations with biotech companies and academic institutions, the progress of AgPlenus' fungicide program, the expansion of technological collaborations, advancement of the Company's pharmaceutical and ag-chemical pipelines, establishment of new strategic partnerships, deeper relationships with leading industry players, and Casterra's seed sales in 2027 growing season. Such statements are based on current expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions, describe opinions about future events, involve certain risks and uncertainties which are difficult to predict and are not guarantees of future performance. Therefore, actual future results, performance or achievements of Evogene and its subsidiaries may differ materially from what is expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, many of which are beyond the control of Evogene, including the aftermath of the recent war between Israel and each of (i) the terrorist groups, Hamas and Hezbollah, (ii) Iran, and (iii) other regional terrorist groups supported by Iran, and any destabilizations in Israel, neighboring territories or the Middle East region, as well as those additional risk factors identified in Evogene's reports filed with the applicable securities authority. In addition, Evogene relies, and expects to continue to rely, on third parties to conduct certain activities, such as their field-trials and pre-clinical studies, and if these third parties do not successfully carry out their contractual duties, comply with regulatory requirements or meet expected deadlines, Evogene and its subsidiaries may experience significant delays in the conduct of their activities. Evogene and its subsidiaries disclaim any obligation or commitment to update these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or developments or changes in expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions.

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Evogene Investor Relations Contact:
Email: ir@evogene.com
Tel: +972-8-9311901

Authorized – 30,000,000 ordinary shares; Issued and outstanding – 10,412,764 ordinary shares on March 31, 2026
and 6,672,173 ordinary shares on December 31, 2025

CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF PROFIT OR LOSS

March 31,

December 31,

(*) Reclassified to conform to the current period presentation, following the classification of certain operations as discontinued operations.

March 31,

December 31,

March 31,

December 31,

(*) Reclassified to conform to the current period presentation, following the classification of certain operations as discontinued operations.

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