THE WOODLANDS, Texas,
July 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Lexicon
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: LXRX) announced today that Lexicon
management will present at the 2nd Annual Cantor
Fitzgerald Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time in New York. Lexicon management will provide an
overview of Lexicon's clinical development programs and
milestones.
A webcast of the presentation will be available through
Lexicon's website at www.lexpharma.com. An archived version of the
presentation will be available at www.lexpharma.com until
August 13, 2016.
About Lexicon
Lexicon is a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company that is
applying a unique approach to gene science based on Nobel
Prize-winning technology to discover and develop precise medicines
for patients with serious, chronic conditions. Through its
Genome5000™ program, Lexicon scientists have studied the role and
function of nearly 5,000 genes over the last 20 years and have
identified more than 100 protein targets with significant
therapeutic potential in a range of diseases. Through the precise
targeting of these proteins, Lexicon is pioneering the discovery
and development of innovative medicines to safely and effectively
treat disease. Lexicon has a pipeline of promising drug candidates
in clinical and preclinical development in oncology, diabetes and
metabolism. For additional information please visit.
www.lexpharma.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains "forward-looking statements,"
including statements relating to Lexicon's growth and future
operating results, discovery and development of products, strategic
alliances and intellectual property, as well as other matters that
are not historical facts or information. All forward-looking
statements are based on management's current assumptions and
expectations and involve risks, uncertainties and other important
factors, specifically including those relating to Lexicon's ability
to meet its capital requirements, successfully conduct preclinical
and clinical development of its drug candidates, obtain necessary
regulatory approvals, achieve its operational objectives, obtain
patent protection for its discoveries and establish strategic
alliances, as well as additional factors relating to manufacturing,
intellectual property rights, and the therapeutic or commercial
value of its drug candidates, that may cause Lexicon's actual
results to be materially different from any future results
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Information identifying such important factors is contained under
"Risk Factors" in Lexicon's annual report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2015, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Lexicon
undertakes no obligation to update or revise any such
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
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SOURCE Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.