Lexicon Welcomes New ESC Heart Failure Treatment Guidelines Establishing SGLT Inhibitors as Standard of Care

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Aug. 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: LXRX) welcomes the new recommendation by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) to add SGLT inhibitors as part of the standard of care for the prevention and treatment of heart failure (HF). SGLT inhibitors have been given a Class IA recommendation-- the strongest endorsement-- in updated clinical practice guidelines released by the ESC Heart Failure working group in the EU at its annual meeting, the ESC Congress 2021 - The Digital Experience.