Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc

NASDAQ:LXRX

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of human disease. The company is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas and currently employs 87 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2000-04-07. The firm is focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of human disease. Its pipeline includes Sotagliflozin, LX9211, and LX2761. Sotagliflozin is an orally-delivered small molecule compound that is being developed for the treatment of heart failure and type I diabetes, and type II diabetes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease. LX9211 is an orally-delivered small molecule compound that is being developed for the treatment of neuropathic pain. The firm is conducting a Phase II clinical trial of LX9211 in diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain and a second Phase II clinical trial of LX9211 in post-herpetic neuralgia. LX2761 is an orally-delivered small molecule compound that is designed to inhibit sodium-glucose cotransporter 1 (SGLT1) locally in the gastrointestinal tract without any inhibition of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) in the kidney.