NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Galectin Therapeutics (NASDAQ:GALT - News) will host a conference call at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time on Thursday, May 24, 2012, to provide an update following the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Additionally, Peter Traber, MD, President, CEO and CMO of Galectin Therapeutics, will update the investment community on the Company’s pipeline of galectin inhibitor compounds in liver fibrosis and cancer.