SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / June 1, 2026 / Revelation Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:REVB) (the "Company" or "Revelation"), a clinical-stage life sciences company developing innovative solutions to treat acute and chronic disease, today announced the expansion of its Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) Advisory Board, with the addition of two new members, Dr. Peter Pickkers and Dr. Lui Forni, ahead of its upcoming Phase 2/3 clinical trial. The distinguished panel comprises internationally recognized nephrologists and critical care physicians who will guide the company's clinical strategy, monitor trial progress, and advance Gemini as a treatment for AKI. Drawing on their collective expertise, the board will help shape the most effective study design to address the significant unmet medical need in AKI and ultimately improve patient outcomes.

Peter Pickkers, MD, PhD

Dr. Pickkers is an internist-intensivist and professor of Experimental Intensive Care Medicine. His research focuses on (pharmacological) modulation of the innate immune response, sepsis, and organ dysfunction, especially the kidney. Dr. Pickkers is Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at the Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He qualified as MD (1991) and completed his residency in Internal and Intensive Care Medicine at the Radboud University Nijmegen. In 2000 he received his doctorate, titled 'Vascular effects of diuretics', cum laude. His research focuses on pharmacological modulation of the innate immune response in translational models and patients, and the consequences for organ function, with a focus on the kidney and brain. Up to now, 28 PhD's were completed under his supervision. With over 2000 endotoxemia experiments performed, he leads the most active group using this human in vivo model of inflammation worldwide. He has given invited lectures on all major meetings in the field of intensive care medicine and nephrology, and he cooperates with various international experts in the field of sepsis and nephrology and has participated in several guideline and steering committees. Dr. Pickkers is also on the editorial board of Intensive Care Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine Experimental and Shock.

Lui Forni, MD, PhD, JFICMI

Professor Lui Forni trained at St George's Hospital Medical School before training at the London Postgraduate Medical Schools. His Registrar Training was at St Thomas', followed by ICU and Nephrology training at St Thomas' and St George's. He was a consultant Intensivist/Nephrologist at the Western Sussex Hospitals Trust for over 10 years before moving to his current post as Professor of intensive care medicine at the Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Research interests include pre-operative assessment of high-risk surgical candidates, renal replacement therapy, diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of acute kidney injury and predictive modeling in acute medical admissions. Professor Forni has been the UK Principal Investigator for several international studies and is currently the lead investigator for a UK study. He has been an advisor for NCEPOD and was a founding member of the ESICM AKI group, of which he was elected chair of the section in 2013, and is currently a member of the executive council of the ESICM serving as general secretary, having previously been research chair. He has been a faculty member for the ESICM and the ICS, as well as lecturing nationally and internationally. In 2023, Dr. Forni was made Professor of Acute Medicine and Critical Care at the School of Medicine at the University of Surrey. Professor Forni is a referee for over 20 journals and is on the editorial board of several.

About Gemini

Gemini is the Company's proprietary formulation of phosphorylated hexaacyl disaccharide (PHAD^®), a toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) agonist. TLR4 stimulation with Gemini rebalances the innate immune response and has been demonstrated to have the potential to treat acute and chronic diseases associated with dysregulated inflammation. Gemini is currently being evaluated as a potential treatment for acute kidney injury (GEM-AKI); Gemini is also being developed as a treatment for chronic kidney disease (GEM-CKD), as a treatment to reduce hyperinflammation and infection associated with severe burn (GEM-PBI), and as a treatment to prevent post-surgical infection (GEM-PSI). The potential of Gemini to correct dysregulated inflammation has been demonstrated in multiple preclinical models of AKI, CKD, and infection, as well as in two Phase 1 clinical studies. See additional detail here.

About Revelation Biosciences, Inc.

Revelation Biosciences, Inc. is a clinical-stage life sciences company focused on rebalancing inflammation using its proprietary formulation, Gemini. Revelation has multiple ongoing programs to evaluate Gemini as a treatment for acute kidney injury, a treatment of chronic kidney disease, prevention of post-surgical infection, and a treatment to reduce hyperinflammation and infection associated with severe burn.

For more information, please visit www.RevBiosciences.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Company Contacts

Mike Porter
Investor Relations
Porter LeVay & Rose Inc.
Email: mike@plrinvest.com

Chester Zygmont, III
Chief Financial Officer
Revelation Biosciences Inc.
Email: czygmont@revbiosciences.com

SOURCE: Revelation Biosciences, Inc.

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Revelation Biosciences Expands Acute Kidney Injury Advisory Board