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GlycoMimetics, Inc. Description
GlycoMimetics, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company, focuses on the discovery and development of glycomimetic drugs to address unmet medical needs resulting from diseases. Its lead product includes GMI-1070, a glycomimetic drug candidate that acts as a pan-selectin antagonist has completed Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of vaso-occlusive crisis, a debilitating and painful condition that occurs periodically throughout the life of a person with sickle cell disease. The company is also developing GMI-1271, a specific E-selectin antagonist, which it plans to initiate a Phase I dose-escalation clinical trials in healthy volunteers to be used in combination with chemotherapy to treat acute myeloid leukemia and potentially other hematologic cancers. In addition, its drug candidates comprise GMI-1051 and other drug candidates for pseudomonas virulence factors. The company has a collaborative research and development agreement with Pfizer Inc. GlycoMimetics, Inc. was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Industry: Biotechnology
Keywords: Biotechnology Disease Drug Discovery Acute Myeloid Leukemia Chemotherapy Clinical Trial Product Testing Hematologic Cancers Pseudomonas Sickle Cell Disease Nursing Research
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