NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Galectin Therapeutics Inc. (OTC: PRWP) today announced that the European Patent Office has granted the Company a new patent, No. 02731178.6, “Co-administration of a Polysaccharide with a Chemotherapy for the Treatment of Cancer”. The patent protects, among other things, methods for reducing the toxicity of chemotherapies in which a polysaccharide, such as the Company’s GM-CT-01 (DAVANAT®), is co-administered with a chemotherapeutic agent to reduce toxicity of the chemotherapy. This application is the seventh patent in Galectin Therapeutics growing patent portfolio that covers its core Galectin-targeting compounds and further reinforces the proprietary nature of its compounds.
