Galectin Therapeutics Inc. announced that its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for belapectin in combination with a checkpoint inhibitor for the treatment of Head and Neck cancer has been filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Oncology division. Galectin Therapeutics also received a Study May Proceed letter for a Phase 2 clinical trial entitled A Phase 2 Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Belapectin in Combination with Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®) as First-Line Treatment in subjects with Recurrent/Metastatic PD-L1 Positive Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck.