GlycoMimetics to Host 2018 Investor/Analyst Meeting at 60th ASH Annual Meeting on December 3, 2018

ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GlycoMimetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLYC) announced today that it will host and webcast an investor/analyst meeting and update at the 60th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting in San Diego, on December 3 at 6 a.m. PT. Daniel J. DeAngelo, MD, PhD, Director of Clinical and Translational Research, Adult Leukemia Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, who served as lead investigator of the GlycoMimetics’ recently completed Phase 1/2 clinical trial of uproleselan in acute myeloid leukemia patients, will recap and provide perspective on his December 2 oral presentation at the ASH meeting, highlighting the trial’s findings. GlycoMimetics management will review additional posters from the ASH meeting.

The investor/analyst event will be webcast beginning at 6:15 a.m. PT. The dial-in number for the event is (844) 413-7154 (U.S. and Canada) or (216) 562-0466 (international) with passcode 9779654. To access the live audio webcast, or the subsequent archived recording, visit the “Investors - Events & Presentations” section of the GlycoMimetics website at www.glycomimetics.com. The webcast will be recorded and available for replay on the GlycoMimetics website for 30 days following the call.

Investors/analysts are requested to pre-register for the private in-person event at IR@glycomimetics.com. The event will be held at Hard Rock Hotel San Diego in the Celebrate Room, 207 Fifth Avenue, San Diego. On-site inquiries will be handled by Shari Annes, (650) 888-0902, by text or phone.

About GlycoMimetics, Inc.

GlycoMimetics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of novel glycomimetic drugs to address unmet medical needs resulting from diseases in which carbohydrate biology plays a key role. 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, uproleselan, an E-selectin antagonist, was evaluated in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial as a potential treatment for AML and is currently being evaluated in a company-sponsored Phase 3 trial in relapsed/refractory AML. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted uproleselan breakthrough therapy designation for the treatment of adult AM) patients with relapsed/refractory disease. GlycoMimetics has also completed a Phase 1 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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