On January 14, 2016, the Board of Directors of Emmaus Life Sciences, Inc. appointed Jon Kuwahara, Ian Zwicker and Masaharu Osato, M.D., to serve as members of the Audit Committee. Mr. Kuwahara is a certified public accountant in California and has financial management experience and will serve as the Chairman of the Audit Committee and is considered an audit committee financial expert. On January 14, 2016, the Board of the Company appointed Ian Zwicker, Jon Kuwahara and Masaharu Osato, M.D., to serve as members of the Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Mr. Zwicker will serve as the Chairman of the Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.