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Helix Biopharma Corp. Announces Board Composition Changes
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Vancouver, British Columbia; August 14, 2026 – TheNewswire - Helix BioPharma Corp. (TSX: “HBP”, OTC PINK: “HBPCD”, FRANKFURT: “HBP0”) (“Helix” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage oncology company developing novel therapies for difficult-to-treat cancers, today announced changes to its Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective immediately.
Mr. Janusz Grabski has resigned from Helix’s Board, with immediate effect. Concurrently, the Board has formally appointed Thomas Mehrling, M.D., Ph.D., Helix’s Chief Executive Officer, as a director of the Company, pursuant to the Board nomination right granted to Laevoroc Immunology AG in connection with Helix’s 2025 acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Laevoroc Immunology AG and Laevoroc Chemotherapy AG.1
Collectively, these changes are intended to ensure that the Board continues to meet Helix’s evolving governance and capital markets requirements and has the composition and experience needed to support the Company’s clinical development and broader corporate objectives.
The Board would like to thank Mr. Grabski for his service and contributions to Helix and wishes him every success in his future endeavors.
About Helix BioPharma
Helix BioPharma Corp. is a clinical-stage oncology company focused on developing therapies for underserved patient populations with difficult-to-treat cancers. The Company’s pipeline is led by L-DOS47, a clinical-stage antibody-enzyme conjugate being developed as a combination therapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Additional pipeline candidates include LEUMUNA™, a pre-IND oral immune checkpoint modulator for post-transplant leukemia relapse, and GEMCEDA™, a pre-IND gemcitabine prodrug for advanced solid tumors.
Helix BioPharma’s common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: HBP), quoted on the OTC Pink Market (HBPCD), and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FWB: HBP0). For more information, please visit: https://www.helixbiopharma.com/
For more information, please contact:
Helix BioPharma Corp.
789 West Pender Street, Suite 480
Vancouver, BC
V6C 1H2
Tel: +1 857 208 7687
Thomas Mehrling, MD, PhD, Chief Executive Officer
Forward-Looking Statements and Risks and Uncertainties
This news release contains forward-looking statements and information (collectively, “forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking statements are statements and information that are not historical facts but instead include financial projections and estimates, statements regarding plans, goals, objectives, intentions and expectations with respect to the Company’s future business, operations, research and development, including the Company’s activities relating to L-DOS47, LEUMUNA, and GEMCEDA, as well as its activities relating to financing and listing on a U.S. securities exchange. Forward-looking statements can further be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “ongoing”, “estimates”, “expects”, or the negative thereof or any other variations thereon or comparable terminology referring to future events or results, or that events or conditions “will”, “may”, “could”, or “should” occur or be achieved, or comparable terminology referring to future events or results.
Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on a number of estimates and assumptions that the Company considered appropriate and reasonable as of the date such information is given, including but not limited to the assumptions regarding the implied benefits of the transactions. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the risk that the Company's assumptions on which its forward-looking statements are based may not be accurate; the ability of the Company to capitalize on the potential benefits of the transactions; and the risk factors disclosed in the Company's periodic reports publicly filed and available on its SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca. No assurance can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur. There is no assurance that the proposed transactions will be completed in accordance with its terms or at all. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date of this announcement and the Company does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statement or information should those beliefs, assumptions, opinions or expectations, or other circumstances change, except as required by law.
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