Galecto, Inc. Announces the Appointment of Dr. Anne Prener to Its Board of Directors

Galecto, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company. The Company is focused on developing novel small molecule therapeutics that are designed to target the biological processes that lie at the heart of cancer and fibrotic diseases. The Company’s initial focus is on the development of small molecule inhibitors of galectin-3 and lysyl oxidase-like 2 (LOXL2). It is developing GB0139 for the treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), a life-threatening progressive fibrotic disease of the lung. The Company’s product candidate also includes GB1211, a selective oral small molecule inhibitor of galectin-three, is chemically distinct from GB0139 and is being developed for the treatment of various oncology indications and liver cirrhosis, and GB2064 is a selective oral small molecule inhibitor of LOXL2 for the treatment of myelofibrosis, a malignant disease of the bone marrow in which progressive fibrosis reduces the ability to form blood cells in the bone marrow.