NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pro-Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Amex: PRW), a Company “Advancing Drugs Through Glycoscience®”, today announced that the Company sponsored, “A Special Symposium on Galectins: Structures, Functions and Therapeutic Targets,” begins today as part of the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) 234th Annual Meeting & Exposition at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. The two-day Symposium is being chaired by Pro-Pharmaceuticals’ Chief Executive Officer, David Platt, Ph.D.; Chief Scientist, Anatole Klyosov, Ph.D., D.Sc, and Zbigniew J. Witczak, Ph.D., a member of the Company’s Scientific Advisory Board and former chair of the ACS’ Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry.