GALECTIN THERAPEUTICS INC. (NASDAQ:GALT) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Additionally, the holder of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock voted as a separate class to nominate and elect two directors (the “Series B Directors”).Mr. James Czirr and Dr. Theodore Zucconi were each re-elected as the Series B Directors, each to serve until the next annual meeting or until their successors are elected and have been qualified.The results of the voting for the Series B Directors are as follows:

About GALECTIN THERAPEUTICS INC. (NASDAQ:GALT)
Galectin Therapeutics Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in drug research and development to create therapies for fibrotic disease and cancer. The Company’s drug candidates are based on its method of targeting galectin proteins, which are mediators of biologic and pathologic functions. It uses naturally occurring, readily-available plant materials as starting material in manufacturing processes to create complex carbohydrates with specific molecular weights and other pharmaceutical properties. The Company has two product candidates, GR-MD-02 and GM-CT-01. The Company’s galectin-3 inhibitor is GR-MD-02. The Company is focusing on development of GR-MD-02 intended to be used in the treatment of liver fibrosis associated with fatty liver disease (NASH), moderate to severe plaque psoriasis and in cancer therapy in combination with immune-system modifying agent(s). GM-CT-01 is a compound that continues to be explored in preclinical studies.