Numinus Wellness Inc. announced the acquisition of Novamind Inc. has completed, following Novamind's receipt of a final order from the BC Supreme Court. Numinus announced the appointments of Dr. Reid Robison (MD) as Chief Clinical Officer and Dr. Paul Thielking (MD) as Chief Science Officer, who both join the Company from Novamind. Dr. Robison was most recently Chief Medical Officer at Novamind.

He is a board-certified psychiatrist and co-founder of Cedar Psychiatry and serves as the Medical Director for the Center for Change, a leading center for the treatment of eating disorders. He was previously a coordinating investigator for a study on MDMA-assisted therapy for eating disorders, sponsored by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). As an early adopter and researcher of the use of ketamine in psychiatry, Dr. Robison also led a pivotal intravenous ketamine study for treatment-resistant depression by Janssen, leading up to that company's recent FDA-approval of Spravato™.

To date, Dr. Robison has guided thousands of ketamine-assisted therapy sessions and hundreds of Spravato™ dosing sessions. Dr. Robison is an adjunct professor at both the University of Utah and Brigham Young University. Dr. Thielking was most recently Chief Scientific Officer at Novamind and is board certified in psychiatry, hospice and palliative medicine, and integrative medicine.

He is the principal investigator for a psilocybin-enhanced group psychotherapy intervention for cancer patients with depression and a co-investigator on a study for ketamine-assisted psychotherapy for opioid use disorder. He has extensive experience with creating group therapy interventions for patients with serious illness and has successfully integrated ketamine-assisted psychotherapy services within an academic outpatient oncology clinic for cancer patients with depression. Dr. Thielking was director of psycho-oncology at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute for five years and previously an associate professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Utah.

He is a graduate of the California Institute of Integrative Studies' Certification of Psychedelic Therapy and Research program. Numinus is also pleased to announce that as a result of his growing responsibilities, Michael Tan has been promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer. In his new role, Mr. Tan will oversee all Company operations and will lead strategic directives to drive revenue growth through future footprint and product line expansions.

Mr. Tan has been instrumental in Numinus' growth, and joined the Company in 2019. As a result of the increased medical and research expertise added to Numinus' expanded executive team, Dr. Evan Wood, Chief Medical Officer, will now be able to continue in his role in a reduced capacity, in order to enable him to maintain his important advocacy, clinical and teaching work. Dr. Wood remains committed to Numinus over the long term and will continue as the Company's Chief Medical Officer through the integration of Novamind, though with reduced office hours.