Mainz Biomed B.V. announced the formation of a Medical Advisory Board (MAB), and the appointment of Dr. Timothy Wang as its inaugural member. The MAB will support the Company's forthcoming U.S. pivotal trial for ColoAlert, its highly efficacious, and easy-to-use detection test for colorectal cancer (CRC) and assist Mainz in evaluating ColoAlert's potential to address additional oncology indications along with enhancing Mainz's pipeline of product candidates. Dr. Wang is a leading expert in gastroenterology cancer research and patient care.

His laboratory has for decades investigated the molecular mechanisms of gastrointestinal carcinogenesis and the role of inflammation in promoting gastrointestinal neoplasia, including colon cancer. Dr. Wang is the Dorothy L. and Daniel H. Silverberg Professor of Medicine and GI Division Chief at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and serves as Co-leader of the Tumor Biology and Microenvironment Program of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. In addition to his leadership at Columbia, Dr. Wang has served as President of the American Gastroenterology Association (AGA).

His work has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Outstanding Investigator Award from the NCI, the Irene and Arthur Fishberg Prize for medical research, the Ruth Leff Siegel Award for pancreatic cancer research, and the William Beaumont Prize in Gastroenterology from the AGA.