Galectin Therapeutics Announces Relocation of Corporate Headquarters to Atlanta, GA

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Galectin Therapeutics (NASDAQ: GALT), the leading developer of therapeutics that target galectin proteins to treat fibrosis and cancer, today announced that as of October 1, 2012, its corporate offices will be moved to Atlanta, Georgia, while maintaining a laboratory-based effort in the Boston area. The strategic move will bring Galectin Therapeutics in close proximity of the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center at the University of Georgia, one of the world’s premier centers for carbohydrate research, with which the Company already has ongoing collaborations.