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Galectin Therapeutics Inc announced it raised $0 in an initial filing

Dec 21, 2015over 9 years ago

Amount Raised

$0

NorcrossTherapeuticsBiotechnologyHealth Care

Company Information

Company

GALECTIN THERAPEUTICS INC

Location

Norcross, Georgia, United States

About

Galectin Therapeutics is dedicated to developing novel therapies to improve the lives of patients with chronic liver disease and cancer. Galectin’s lead drug belapectin (formerly known as GR-MD-02) is a carbohydrate-based drug that inhibits the galectin-3 protein, which is directly involved in multiple inflammatory, fibrotic, and malignant diseases, for which it has Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The lead development program is in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with cirrhosis, the most advanced form of NASH-related fibrosis.

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