Mainz Biomed and Bantleon Partner to Elevate Corporate Health with Second Phase of CRC Screening Program for Employees

Hermann Bantleon GmbH (“Bantleon), Shareholder of German AVIA, will Offer the ColoAlert At-Home Screening Test to Employees Across All Three of Their German Locations, Namely Ulm, Ulm-Nord, and Crimmitschau, in Q1 2024

BERKELEY, Calif. and MAINZ, Germany, Dec. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mainz Biomed N.V. (NASDAQ:MYNZ) (“Mainz Biomed” or the “Company”), a molecular genetics diagnostic company specializing in the early detection of cancer, announced today the second phase of its colorectal cancer (CRC) screening campaign through its BGM (“betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement”) partnership with Bantleon, a shareholder of German AVIA and renowned for its high-performance lubricants and service solutions. Bantleon selected ColoAlert, Mainz Biomed’s highly efficacious and easy-to-use screening test for CRC, for its corporate health program (BGM).

This continued BGM initiative follows a successful pilot program and will launch in Q1 2024 in line with CRC awareness month March. Via the Company’s BGM program, Bantleon offers ColoAlert to its employees across all three sites in Germany – Ulm, Ulm-Nord and Crimmitschau. Bantleon employees are able to register using Mainz Biomed’s online portal and have the ColoAlert test mailed to them. Once the sample is received and processed, confidential test results are returned to the employee through the portal, along with an explanation of the results. Employees can also approve for their physician to be notified of the test results in which case, their doctor can directly follow-up with them. As part of its commitment to the BGM program, Mainz Biomed provides education to employees and physicians on CRC and recommendations for next steps.

Rainer Janz, Head of Product and Quality Management at Bantleon, expressed enthusiasm about the ongoing collaboration, stating, "At Bantleon, we are committed to prioritizing the health and wellbeing of our employees. The feedback we received from our associates throughout the first phase of our CRC screening campaign was entirely positive. Mainz Biomed made it easy for us to implement the test in our BGM program and not only provided a convenient procedure for all participants but also fast and reliable results. We are looking forward to expanding our collaboration by offering ColoAlert to our team members in a second CRC screening round."