GALECTO INC (GLTO)

Company Profile

Galecto, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company, which engages in 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 is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and currently employs 45 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2020-10-29. The firm 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). The firm 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.

Company Info

GALECTO INC

75 State Street, Suite 100

Boston MASSACHUSETTS DK-2200

P: 14570705210

CEO: Hans T. Schambye

Employees: 45

Website: https://galecto.com/