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10-Q - FORM 10-Q - GALECTIN THERAPEUTICS INCd331647d10q.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(A) - GALECTIN THERAPEUTICS INCd331647dex311.htm
EX-32.2 - CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 - GALECTIN THERAPEUTICS INCd331647dex322.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(A) - GALECTIN THERAPEUTICS INCd331647dex312.htm

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED

PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Galectin Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2012 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Peter G. Traber, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

 

  (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Date: May 11, 2012       /s/ Peter G. Traber
      Name:   Peter G. Traber, M.D.
      Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President
        (principal executive officer)

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to Galectin Therapeutics Inc. and will be retained by Galectin Therapeutics Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.