THE WOODLANDS, Texas,
March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: LXRX), announced today that
Arthur T. Sands, M.D., Ph.D., Lexicon's president and chief
executive officer, will present at the 11th Annual Needham
Healthcare Conference in New York
on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at
10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Dr.
Sands will provide an overview on Lexicon's clinical development
programs and milestones.
A live webcast of the presentation will be available through
Lexicon's corporate website at www.lexpharma.com. An archived
version of the presentation will be available for 30 days after the
event.
About Lexicon
Lexicon is a biopharmaceutical company focused on
discovering breakthrough treatments for human disease. Lexicon
currently has four drug programs in mid-stage development for
diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome, carcinoid syndrome and
rheumatoid arthritis, all of which were discovered by Lexicon's
research team. Lexicon has used its proprietary gene knockout
technology to identify more than 100 promising drug
targets. Lexicon has focused drug discovery efforts on these
biologically-validated targets to create its extensive pipeline of
clinical and preclinical programs. For additional information
about Lexicon and its programs, 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 successfully conduct preclinical and clinical development of its
potential drug candidates, advance additional candidates into
preclinical and clinical development, 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,
2011, 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.
SOURCE Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.