Galectin Therapeutics Announces That Oral Treatment With Galectin-3 Inhibitor GR-MD-02 Is Efficacious In Preclinical Model Of Fatty Liver Disease With Fibrosis

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NORCROSS, Ga., June 23, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Galectin Therapeutics (Nasdaq:GALT), the leading developer of therapeutics that target galectin proteins to treat fibrosis and cancer, announced today that a preclinical study in a mouse model of NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or fatty liver disease) demonstrated that oral administration of the Company's lead galectin-3 inhibitor, GR-MD-02, resulted in significant disease improvement.

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