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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc

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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of human disease. The company offers Sotagliflozin, an orally-delivered small molecule drug to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death, hospitalization for heart failure, and urgent heart failure visits in adults with heart failure or type 2 diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease or CKD, and other cardiovascular risk factors. Its orally-delivered small molecule drug candidates under development include sotagliflozin for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or HCM and type 1 diabetes that is in Phase 3 clinical trial; LX9211, which has completed Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of neuropathic pain; and LX9851 for the treatment of obesity and associated cardiometabolic disorders, as well as for weight management. Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has strategic collaboration and license agreements with Viatris Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, a biotechnology company, engages in developing and commercializing therapies for treating cystic fibrosis (CF). It markets TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO for people with CF with at least one F508del mutation for 2 years of age and older; ALYFTREK for the treatment for people with CF 6 years of age and older; SYMDEKO/SYMKEVI for treatment of patients with CF 6 years of age and older; ORKAMBI for CF patients 1 year or older; and KALYDECO for the treatment of patients with 1 month or older who have CF with ivacaftor. The company also develops CASGEVY for the treatment of sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia; JOURNAVX for the treatment of acute pain in adults; VX-522, a CFTR mRNA therapeutic designed to treat the underlying cause of CF, which is in Phase 1/2 clinical trial; inaxaplin for the treatment of APOL1-mediated kidney disease which is in single Phase 2; VX-880 and VX-264, treatment for Type 1 Diabetes; VX-670 for the treatment of myotonic dystrophy type 1; and VX-407, a small molecule corrector for the treatment of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Further, it sells the products to specialty pharmacy and specialty distributors in the United States, as well as retail pharmacies, hospitals, and clinics. Additionally, the company has collaborations with CRISPR Therapeutics AG.; Moderna, Inc.; and Entrada Therapeutics, Inc. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

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