Corporate Governance Overview
The Board of Directors (the "Board") of Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (the "Company") has adopted the policies and procedures outlined in the materials set forth below to assist the Board in discharging its fiduciary duties to the Company’s shareholders, providing effective oversight of the management of the Company and monitoring the Company’s compliance with principles of sound corporate governance and environmental and social causes. These policies and procedures reflect the Board’s commitment to setting the highest standards of business conduct and ethics for the Company’s employees, officers and directors and to building long-term shareholder value with an emphasis on corporate governance and environmental and social causes. These policies and procedures are subject to modification from time to time as required by applicable law, rule or regulation or as the Board otherwise deems appropriate.