THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing breakthrough treatments for human disease, announced today that Arthur T. Sands, M.D., Ph.D., Lexicon's president and chief executive officer, will present at the 2010 BIO CEO & Investor Conference in New York on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 9:30 a.m., Eastern Time. The conference is hosted by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and will take place from February 8-9, 2010.
About Lexicon
Lexicon is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing breakthrough treatments for human disease. Lexicon currently has five drug candidates in development for autoimmune disease, carcinoid syndrome, diabetes, glaucoma and irritable bowel syndrome, 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.
CONTACT: D. Wade Walke, Director, Corporate Communications of Lexicon
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., +1-281-863-3046, wwalke@lexpharma.com
Web site: http://www.lexpharma.com/
