PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AnPac Bio-Medical Science Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: ANPC) (“AnPac Bio” or the “Company”), a biotechnology firm with operations within the United States and China targeted on early most cancers screening and detection, at this time introduced adjustments to its board composition and administration group.
Mr. Haohan Xu has been appointed as a director of the board of administrators (the “Board”), Co-Chairperson of the Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Xu is the Chief Executive Officer of Apifiny Group Inc., a digital asset buying and selling infrastructure supplier based mostly in New York, United States and has been actively engaged within the fintech business with previous directorship and senior government positions held at fintech corporations together with Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. (Nasdaq: MFH).
Ms. Xiaoyu Li has been appointed as a director of the Board and as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Ms. Li has intensive expertise in investor relations and funding. From May 2018 to August 2021, Ms. Li served as a director of Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. (Nasdaq: MFH), the place Ms. Li beforehand labored on the investor relations division from 2012 to 2013.
Mr. Tianruo (Robert) Pu has been appointed as a director of the Board, chairperson of the audit committee and member of the compensation committee in addition to nominating and company governance committee. Mr. Pu at the moment serves as an impartial director of Autohome Inc. (NYSE: ATHM; HKSE: 2518), One Connect Financial Technology (NYSE: OCFT) and 3SBio Inc. (HKSE: 1530).
Mr. Zhigang (Frank) Zhao has been appointed as a director of the Board, chairperson of the compensation committee and member of the audit committee in addition to nominating and company governance committee. Mr. Zhao has over 20 years of expertise in monetary and accounting administration with auditing corporations and public corporations.
Mr. Honggang (Harvey) Tian has been appointed as a director of the Board, chairperson of the nominating and company governance committee and member of the audit committee in addition to compensation committee. Mr. Tian is an skilled funding skilled, with explicit focus in Internet and high-tech industries.
In relation to the above appointments, every of Mr. Chris Chang Yu, Jinqiu Tang, Xing Pu, Ren Luo, Jianhua Shao and Guo Feng will resign as a director and/or officer of the Company. These adjustments are anticipated to change into efficient in early October after the completion of customary onboarding processes, together with required filings with The Registry of Corporate Affairs within the British Virgin Islands.
Under the brand new construction, Dr. Chris Chang Yu will proceed to handle Company’s most cancers screening know-how improvement and develop its business.
“We are delighted to welcome Mr. Haohan Xu, Ms. Xiaoyu Li, Mr. Tianruo Pu, Mr. Zhigang Zhao and Mr. Honggang Tian to the Board and management team,” mentioned Dr. Chris Yu, Co-Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company. “We believe their experience and expertise will provide significant value to AnPac Bio as we continue to explore growth opportunities in our early cancer screening and detection business and explore strategic alternatives to further unlock value for shareholders. On behalf of the Board, I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to the departing directors for their incredible contribution to the Company during their tenure on the Board and wish them well for the future.”
About AnPac Bio
AnPac Bio is a biotechnology firm targeted on early most cancers screening and detection, with 155 issued patents as of March 31, 2022. With two licensed medical laboratories in China and one CLIA and CAP accredited medical laboratory within the United States, AnPac Bio performs a set of most cancers screening and detection checks, together with CDA (Cancer Differentiation Analysis), bio-chemical, immunological, and genomics checks. According to a report by Frost & Sullivan, AnPac Bio ranked first globally in multi-cancer screening and detection check pattern quantity (accumulative to January 2021). AnPac Bio’s CDA know-how platform has been proven in retrospective validation research to have the ability to detect the danger of over 20 totally different most cancers sorts with excessive sensitivity and specificity.
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