Frederic Narbel Commences Employment with the Optibiotix Health plc on 1 March 2019 as Managing Director of the Prebiotic Division

OptiBiotix Health Plc is a United Kingdom-based life sciences company. The Company is primarily engaged in identifying and developing microbial strains, compounds and formulations for use in the nutraceutical industry segment. Its technology platforms include OcptiBiome, OptiScreen and OptiBiotic. Its OptiBiome technology platform that screens identifies and/or develops microbiome modulators, which can be used in formulations to prevent, manage and a range of chronic lifestyle diseases. The OptiScreen pharmaceutical screening platform to identify microbial metabolic pathways that interact with human pathways to improve health. The OptiBiotic platform generates oligosaccharides and screens them for their ability to modulate specific microbial genera or species and their microbial end products (short chain fatty acids, such as acetate, propionate, butyrate) and physical properties (sweetness). Its products include SlimBiome, SweetBiotix, CholBiomeX3, SlimBiome Medical and WellBiome.