Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Present At the 27th Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Jan. 8, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 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 JPMorgan Healthcare Conference at The Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California on Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Dr. Sands will provide an overview of Lexicon's clinical and preclinical development programs and corporate objectives.