Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Report Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Financial Results on March 6, 2008 Conference Call and Webcast to Follow
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. will release its fourth quarter and year end 2007 financial results on Thursday, March 6, 2008 after the financial markets close. Lexicon management will hold a conference call to discuss its clinical development progress, financial results for 2007 and financial guidance for 2008 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 6, 2008.
The dial-in number for the conference call is 877-681-3378 (within the United States) or 719-325-4842 (international). The pass code for all callers is 7721341. Investors can access a live webcast of the call at http://www.lexpharma.com. An archived version of the webcast will be available on the website through March 11, 2008.
About Lexicon
Lexicon is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of breakthrough treatments for human disease. Lexicon currently has development programs underway for such areas of major unmet medical need as irritable bowel syndrome, cognitive disorders, autoimmune diseases, and carcinoid syndrome. The company has used its proprietary gene knockout technology to discover more than 100 promising drug targets and create an extensive pipeline of clinical and preclinical programs in the therapeutic areas of cardiology, gastroenterology, immunology and oncology, metabolism, neurology and ophthalmology. To advance the development and commercialization of its programs, Lexicon is working both independently and through collaborators including Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Genentech, Inc. and N.V. Organon. For additional information about Lexicon and its programs, please visit http://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 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 "Factors Affecting Forward-Looking Statements" and "Risk Factors" in Lexicon's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, 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.
CONTACT: Bobbie Faulkner, Manager, Investor and Public Relations of
Lexicon, +1-281-863-3503, bfaulkner@lexpharma.com
Web site: http://www.lexpharma.com/