Lexicon Pharmaceuticals

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 81 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2000-04-07. The firm is engaged in research and development of drug candidates and the commercialization of the drug, INPEFA (sotagliflozin). INPEFA reduces the risk of cardiovascular death, hospitalization for heart failure, and urgent heart failure visit in adults with heart failure or type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease (CKD), and other cardiovascular risk factors. Sotagliflozin is an orally delivered small molecule drug candidate as a treatment for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and conducts the SONATA-HCM pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of sotagliflozin in that indication. The firm develops pilavapadin, an orally delivered small molecule drug candidate, as a treatment for neuropathic pain. The firm also develops LX9851, an orally delivered small molecule drug candidate, for the treatment of obesity and associated cardiometabolic disorders.