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Lexicon Elects Diane E. Sullivan to Board of Directors
Ms. Sullivan brings her extensive commercialization, strategy, and market access experience to the Lexicon Board of Directors THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 28,
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[{"type":"text","content":"Ms. Sullivan brings her extensive commercialization, strategy, and market access experience to the Lexicon Board of Directors\nTHE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: LXRX) today announced that Diane E. Sullivan has been elected to its Board of Directors. Ms. Sullivan brings extensive commercialization, strategy, and market access experience to the Lexicon Board of Directors. She was chief commercial officer of The Medicines Company until its acquisition by Novartis, and subsequently served as chief commercial officer at DalCorp Pharmaceuticals. Prior to her time at The Medicines Company, Ms. Sullivan held senior positions at AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Wyeth, and GlaxoSmithKline in a variety of disciplines, including market access, strategy, marketing, brand management, business development and integration. “I am looking forward to contributing to the company’s important mission of pioneering medicines that transform patients’ lives and helping to provide strategic direction to the company’s commercial launch of INPEFA™ (sotagliflozin) and advancement of its pipeline,” said Ms. Sullivan. Ms. Sullivan served as a director of OrthogenRx, a privately held medical device company, until it was acquired by Avanos Medical in January 2022 and currently serves as a director of Amarin. Ms. Sullivan received her B.A. from Dickinson College. Ms. Sullivan’s appointment is concurrent with the resignation from the Lexicon Board of Directors of Frank Palantoni after 18 years of service culminating in the approval of INPEFA. “We are grateful to Frank for his service on the Board of Directors and appreciate his contributions to the company’s progress,” said Ray Debbane, Lexicon’s Board Chair. “With Diane’s appointment, I am confident that the extensive pharmaceutical commercial experience she brings will provide Lexicon with valuable insight and direction as we pursue our launch of INPEFA and gear up for the advancement of our LX9211 clinical program. We are very excited to have Diane join the Board of Directors.” About Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Lexicon is a biopharmaceutical company with a mission of pioneering medicines that transform patients’ lives. Through its Genome5000™ program, Lexicon scientists studied the role and function of nearly 5,000 genes and identified more than 100 protein targets ...