Organization and Operations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Organization and Operations [Abstract]

Organization and Operations

Organization and Operations

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Lexicon” or the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation incorporated on July 7, 1995. Lexicon was organized to discover the functions and pharmaceutical utility of genes and use those gene function discoveries in the discovery and development of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of human disease.

Lexicon has financed its operations from inception primarily through sales of common and preferred stock, contract and milestone payments to it under strategic collaborations and other research and development collaborations, target validation, database subscription and technology license agreements, product sales, government grants and contracts and financing under debt and lease arrangements. The Company’s future success is dependent upon many factors, including, but not limited to, the success of its ongoing nonclinical and clinical development efforts and its ability to obtain necessary regulatory approvals of the drug candidates which are the subject of such efforts; TerSera’s ability to successfully develop and commercialize XERMELO for biliary tract cancer and the Company’s receipt of milestone payments and royalties from such efforts; its success in establishing new collaborations and licenses; the amount and timing of research, development and commercialization expenditures; its resources devoted to developing and supporting its products; general and industry-specific economic conditions which may affect research and development expenditures; and its ability to obtain and enforce patents and other proprietary rights in its discoveries, comply with federal and state regulations, and maintain sufficient capital to fund its activities.  As a result of the aforementioned factors and the related uncertainties, there can be no assurance of the Company’s future success.