Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Seeking Alpha: Can Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Make Any Progress In Diabetes On Safety?

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:LXRX) continues to languish (down 25% over the past year, but up almost 17% over the last six months) amid a hot biotech market as investors are paying very little attention to the company's carcinoid drug and largely writing off the dual SGLT-1/2 inhibitor sotagliflozin. That may yet prove to be a premature decision, though, as the company is moving into its Phase III program in Type 1 diabetes (whereas competing SGLT-2 drugs are approved for Type 2 diabetes, but used off-label in Type 1) and may have an emergent opportunity to stand out with its safety profile.

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Can Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Make Any Progress In Diabetes On Safety?

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