Precio Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (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 103 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2000-04-07. The company is developing pilavapadin (LX9211), an orally delivered small molecule drug candidate, as a treatment for neuropathic pain. The company has completed three Phase II clinical trials evaluating the safety and tolerability of pilavapadin and its effects on diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain (DPNP) and neuropathic pain. The company is developing LX9851, an orally delivered small molecule drug candidate, as a treatment for obesity and associated cardiometabolic disorders and is conducting preclinical development of LX9851 in preparation for filing an investigational new drug application. The company is commercializing INPEFA (sotagliflozin), an orally delivered small molecule drug, in the United States to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death, and urgent heart failure visits in adults with heart failure or type 2 diabetes mellitus.