AMERICAN BIO MEDICA CORPORATION (OTCMKTS:ABMC) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On June 26, 2017, upon recommendation of American Bio Medica Corporation’s (the “Company”) Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors appointed Chaim Davis to fill a board seat vacancy created by the resignation of Carl A. Florio on April 6, 2017. Mr. Davis was also appointed to the Compensation, Audit and Nominating Committees of the Company’s Board of Directors.

Since July 2005, Mr. Davis has been the Managing Member of Revach Group, LLC, the general partner of Revach Fund L.P. (“Revach”), a sector-specific life science fund focusing on micro to mid cap companies, which he founded in 2005. He has also served as a consultant to other hedge funds including Gem Partners, KOM Capital Management and Maot Group. From 2010 to 2014, he served as a director and a member of the audit and compensation committees of AtheroNova Inc. (OTCBQ: AHRO), and from 2001 to 2004, he served as a healthcare analyst at The Garnet Group. Mr. Davis received his B.A. from Columbia University. Since April 2013, Mr. Davis has also served on the Board of Directors of Entera Bio, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. There are no material arrangements, including compensation arrangements, between Mr. Davis and the Company other than customary compensation to board members.

About AMERICAN BIO MEDICA CORPORATION (OTCMKTS:ABMC)

American Bio Medica Corporation develops, manufactures and sells immunoassay tests, primarily for the immediate, point of collection testing (POCT) for drugs of abuse (DOA) in urine and oral fluids. The Company’s DOA POCT products offer employers, law enforcement, government, healthcare and education professionals to identify illicit drug use. In addition to the manufacture and sale of DOA POCT products, the Company provides bulk test strip manufacturing services to unaffiliated third parties on a contract basis. Its Rapid Drug Screen (RDS) is a POCT product that detects the presence or absence of 2 to 10 DOA simultaneously in a single urine specimen. The Rapid ONE product line consists of single drug tests, each of which tests for the presence or absence of a single drug of abuse in a urine specimen. The RDS InCup is a POCT product that detects the presence or absence of 1 to 12 DOA in a single urine specimen. The POCT products for oral fluid-based DOA testing include OralStat.