VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - May 22, 2008) - Forbes Medi-Tech Inc. (TSX: FMI)(NASDAQ: FMTI) (“Forbes” or “Company”) announced that Greg Anderson was appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors and Dr. Joe Dunne was named as Chairman. As approved at the Company’s Annual General Meeting (“AGM”), the current composition of Forbes’ Board is now fixed at four Directors and includes Dr. Joe Dunne, Nitin Kaushal, Greg Anderson, and Charles Butt.