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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On February 19, 2021, Helen Thackray, M.D., FAAP, Senior Vice President, Clinical Development and Chief Medical Officer of GlycoMimetics, Inc., or the Company, notified the Board of Directors of the Company that she is resigning from her position as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer in order to pursue other business opportunities. Dr. Thackray’s employment with the Company will cease as of March 19, 2021.
Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure.
On February 23, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing Dr. Thackray’s departure from the Company, together with the announcement that Eric J. Feldman, M.D., the Company’s Vice President, Clinical Development, has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of the Company. A copy of this press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report. The information contained in the press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, and is not incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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