ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
GlycoMimetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLYC) today announced that Chief Executive Officer Rachel King will provide a company overview at the Jefferies 2017 Global Healthcare Conference in New York City, on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
To access the live webcast and subsequent archived recordings for the presentation, please visit the GlycoMimetics website at www.glycomimetics.com.
About GlycoMimetics, Inc.
GlycoMimetics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on cancer and sickle cell disease. GlycoMimetics’ most advanced drug candidate, rivipansel, a pan-selectin antagonist, is being developed for the treatment of vaso-occlusive crisis in sickle cell disease and is being evaluated in a Phase 3 clinical trial being conducted by its strategic collaborator, Pfizer. GlycoMimetics' wholly-owned drug candidate, GMI-1271, an E-selectin antagonist, is being evaluated in an ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial as a potential treatment for AML and in a Phase 1 clinical trial in multiple myeloma. The U.S. FDA recently granted GMI-1271 Breakthrough Therapy designation for treatment of adult AML patients with relapsed/refractory disease. GlycoMimetics has also recently initiated a clinical trial with a third drug candidate, GMI-1359, a combined CXCR4 and E-selectin antagonist. GlycoMimetics is located in Rockville, MD in the BioHealth Capital Region. Learn more at www.glycomimetics.com.
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