HealWELL AI Inc

HEALWELL and WELL Health Announce Competition Bureau has Concluded Its Merger Review and Issued a No Action Letter

Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia – October 28, 2026 – HEALWELL AI Inc. (TSX: AIDX) (OTCQX: HWAIF) (“HEALWELL” or the “Company”), a healthcare artificial intelligence company focused on preventative care, and WELL Health Technologies Corp. (TSX: WELL) (“WELL”), a digital healthcare company focused on positively impacting health outcomes by leveraging technology to empower healthcare practitioners and their patients globally, today announced that the Commissioner of Competition has concluded the Competition Bureau’s review of WELL’s acquisition of a majority interest in HEALWELL and has issued a No Action Letter.

The No Action Letter, issued on October 22, 2026, confirms that the Commissioner does not, at this time, intend to make an application under section 92 of the Competition Act in respect of WELL’s acquisition of a controlling interest in HEALWELL completed on April 1, 2025, including HEALWELL’s concurrent acquisition of Orion Health (the “Transaction”).

In December 2025, the Bureau announced that it had obtained a Federal Court order for the production of records and information relating to the Transaction. HEALWELL and WELL cooperated with the Bureau throughout its review and produced the records and information requested.

Hamed Shahbazi, Chairman of HEALWELL, commented, “We are pleased that the Competition Bureau has concluded its review and issued a No Action Letter regarding WELL’s acquisition of HEALWELL. We appreciate the Bureau’s engagement throughout the process and remain focused on executing our strategy and delivering value to healthcare practitioners, patients and shareholders.”

James Lee
Chief Executive Officer
HEALWELL AI Inc.

About HEALWELL AI
HEALWELL AI is a healthcare artificial intelligence company focused on preventative care. Its mission is to improve health outcomes with better care and technology. HEALWELL is executing its strategy by developing and acquiring technology and clinical science capabilities that complement its business of preventative care, including data science, AI-powered patient identification, and clinical decision support. HEALWELL is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “AIDX” and on the OTC Exchange under the symbol “HWAIF”. Learn more at www.healwell.ai.

About WELL Health Technologies Corp.
WELL Health Technologies Corp. (TSX: WELL) (OTCQX: WHTCF) is Canada’s largest outpatient healthcare company and a leading provider of technology-enabled healthcare solutions. WELL is building the infrastructure for a healthier Canada, where every patient gets better care, every provider is empowered by AI, and every piece of health data is protected. WELL owns and operates 275 clinics in Canada, supporting more than 5 million annual patient visits. Through its subsidiary WELLSTAR, WELL provides electronic medical records, AI-powered clinical tools, patient engagement platforms and IT management services. WELL provides cybersecurity services through its CYBERWELL subsidiary. WELL is publicly traded on the TSX under the symbol “WELL” and on the OTC Exchange under the symbol “WHTCF”. To learn more, please visit: www.well.company.    

For more information:
Pardeep S. Sangha
Investor Relations, HEALWELL AI Inc.
Phone: 604-572-6392
ir@healwell.ai

Khure Health

Khure Health is a wholly owned subsidiary of HEALWELL AI. Khure is an AI health technology company whose precision medicine platform harnesses clinical data, enabling physicians to rapidly screen and identify patients with rare diseases and facilitate more personalized treatment.

Khure is actively working with and/or has rare and specialty disease programs in development with 6 of the top 10 pharma companies and international disease associations.
Visit Website →

This will close in 0 seconds

Pentavere

HEALWELL AI is a majority shareholder of Pentavere Research Group, a globally recognized and award-winning AI digital health company that has built a best-in-class AI engine to identify patients that are eligible for approved medications or interventions, to improve outcomes for patients and help drive therapy growth and penetration. Over the past several years, Pentavere has published an impressive array of literature in high-impact, peer-reviewed medical journals, totaling more than 30 manuscripts, which serve as a testament to Pentavere’s capabilities and adds significant credibility to their technology.
Visit Website →

This will close in 0 seconds

Intrahealth

Intrahealth is a pioneering force in healthcare technology, specializing in the development and implementation of state-of-the-art EMR solutions. With a relentless commitment to advancing patient care, Intrahealth empowers healthcare providers, institutions, and governments with innovative digital tools designed to enhance healthcare delivery and improve patient outcomes.
Visit Website →

This will close in 0 seconds

VeroSource Solutions

VeroSource Solutions is a digital health company established in 2014 to empower people and unlock the potential in Canadian healthcare. Its team of professionals has extensive experience in the full lifecycle of healthcare IT solutions and offers healthcare providers the technology and support needed to go digital. VeroSource’s cloud-first multi-channel software securely connects people, data and systems to drive digital healthcare transformation. Founded in Fredericton, NB, VeroSource has grown to include team members across Ontario and Atlantic Canadian.
Visit Website →

This will close in 0 seconds

BioPharma Services

BioPharma Services is a leading contract research organization (CRO) based in Toronto, Canada, specializing in Phase 1 and Phase 2a clinical trials. With a focus on scientific integrity, operational excellence, and adaptive processes tailored to each client’s needs, BioPharma Services has established a reputation for delivering high-quality results in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. BioPharma’s comprehensive services also include Bioanalysis at their GLP Certified Laboratory, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, Biostatistics and Safety Data Analysis (CDISC), Data Management and Medical Writing.
Visit Website →

This will close in 0 seconds

PolyClinic

HEALWELL AI Polyclinic provides onsite integrated health services including primary care, specialist care, lab services, and an in-house clinical research organization. With integrated systems and data-driven tools, HEALWELL AI Polyclinic plans to unlock meaningful insights from consistent, high-quality, structured clinical information from over 50 primary care physicians and specialists, labs, and clinical trials.
Visit Website →

This will close in 0 seconds

Doctorly

Founded in 2018, doctorly is a European based digital health-tech startup with a company mission of 'enabling people to live healthier lives'. With an initial focus on Europe’s largest market, Germany, doctorly has built a brand new, fully regulated practice management software to redefine how medical practices work. As an all-in-one solution, doctorly provides a fully centralised, cloud powered, GDPR compliant, medical practice operating system that dramatically reduces the time and effort doctors and medical assistants spend on day-to-day administrative tasks. doctorly is financially backed by some of the world’s most renowned venture capital firms. To learn more about doctorly please visit: www.doctorly.de

Read the original press release here.
Visit Website →

This will close in 0 seconds

xAI

xAI is a company working on building artificial intelligence to accelerate human scientific discovery. They're guided by their mission to advance our collective understanding of the universe. The team is led by Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. Collectively their team has contributed some of the most widely used methods in the field, in particular the Adam optimizer, Batch Normalization, Layer Normalization, and the discovery of adversarial examples. They further introduced innovative techniques and analyses such as Transformer-XL, Autoformalization, the Memorizing Transformer, Batch Size Scaling, μTransfer, and SimCLR. They have worked on and led the development of some of the largest breakthroughs in the field including AlphaStar, AlphaCode, Inception, Minerva, GPT-3.5, and GPT-4. Learn more at https://x.ai/ Read the original press release here.
Visit Website →

This will close in 0 seconds

Mutuo Health Solutions

Mutuo Health Solutions is a Toronto-based medical artificial intelligence company focused on developing predictive clinical AI technology. Their flagship product, AutoScribe, is an advanced AI-powered ambient scribe solution that transcribes clinician-patient interactions into high-quality electronic medical records in real time. AutoScribe utilizes natural language processing and machine learning technology to accurately capture and structure patient data, enabling healthcare providers to focus on patient care and improve clinical efficiency.

Visit Website →

This will close in 0 seconds

Abstractive Health

Abstractive Health is on a mission to transform the healthcare industry by automating clinical documentation with generative AI. Their innovative AI software creates comprehensive patient summaries, streamlining workflows and empowering healthcare providers to focus on patient care. By harnessing advanced language models, the company delivers accurate, medically relevant insights directly to clinicians, enabling informed decision-making and improved patient outcomes. Read the original press release here. 

Visit Website →

This will close in 0 seconds