Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Report Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results on October 30, 2007 Conference Call and Webcast to Follow
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. will release its third quarter 2007 financial results on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 after the financial markets close. Lexicon management will hold a conference call to discuss the company's results and provide financial guidance for the fourth quarter of 2007 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 30, 2007.
The dial-in number for the conference call is 877-874-1569 (within the United States) or 719-325-4796 (international). The pass code for all callers is 1913448. 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 An archived version of the webcast will be available on the website through November 2, 2007.
About Lexicon
Lexicon is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of breakthrough treatments for human disease. Lexicon currently has clinical programs underway for such areas of major unmet medical need as irritable bowel syndrome and cognitive disorders. 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 diabetes and obesity, cardiovascular disease, psychiatric and neurological disorders, cancer, immune system disorders and ophthalmic disease. To advance the development and commercialization of its programs, Lexicon is working both independently and through collaborators including Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Genentech, Inc., N.V. Organon and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. 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, 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 "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: Chas Schultz, Director of Financial Analysis of Lexicon
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., +1-281-863-3421, cschultz@lexpharma.com
Web site: http://www.lexpharma.com/