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LXRX vs MRK
Side-by-side comparison of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (LXRX) and Merck & Company Inc. (MRK): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both LXRX and MRK operate in Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations (Health Care), so they compete in similar markets.
- MRK is the larger of the two at $307.25B, about 296.9x LXRX ($1.03B).
- Over the past year, LXRX is up 91.0% and MRK is up 56.8% - LXRX leads by 34.2 points.
- MRK has hit the wire 8 times in the past 4 weeks while LXRX has been quiet.
- MRK has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 5 for LXRX).
- Company
- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Merck & Company Inc.
- Price
- $2.34-2.09%
- $124.39-2.42%
- Market cap
- $1.03B
- $307.25B
- 1M return
- +15.27%
- +7.68%
- 1Y return
- +91.02%
- +56.83%
- Industry
- Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
- Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NYSE
- IPO
- News (4w)
- 0
- 8
- Recent ratings
- 5
- 25
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products. Its orally-delivered small molecule drug candidates under development comprise Sotagliflozin that completed Phase III clinical trials for the for the treatment of heart failure and type 1 diabetes; LX9211, which is in Phase II clinical development for the treatment of neuropathic pain; and LX2761. The company has strategic collaboration and license agreements with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, and Genentech, Inc. Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
Merck & Company Inc.
Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Pharmaceutical and Animal Health segments. The Pharmaceutical segment offers human health pharmaceutical products in the areas of oncology, hospital acute care, immunology, neuroscience, virology, cardiovascular, diabetes, and women's health, as well as vaccine products. The Animal Health segment provides discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets a range of veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and health management solutions and services, as well as a suite of digitally connected identification, traceability, and monitoring products. The company has collaborations with AstraZeneca PLC; Bayer AG; Eisai Co., Ltd.; and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics. It serves drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, and government agencies; managed health care providers, such as health maintenance organizations, pharmacy benefit managers, and other institutions; and physicians and physician distributors, veterinarians, and animal producers. The company has collaboration agreement with Gilead Sciences, Inc. to co-develop and co-commercialize long-acting investigational treatment combinations of Lenacapavir and Islatravir in HIV; Amathus Therapeutics to develop treatments for neurodegenerative diseases; and Linnaeus Therapeutics, Inc. to evaluate LNS8801 in combination with KEYTRUDA for patients with advanced cancer. It also has a collaboration with Biomed X Gmbh for building on ongoing research projects in the fields of oncology (DNA damage response and RNA splicing) and autoimmunity (intestinal epithelial barrier in autoimmune diseases); and a collaboration agreement with NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. to focus primarily on the development of novel medicines for unmet patient needs in retinal and CVM diseases, including heart failure. Merck & Co., Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Kenilworth, New Jersey.
Latest LXRX
- Director Swain Judith L converted options into 89,312 shares, increasing direct ownership by 105% to 174,486 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Sullivan Diane E. converted options into 89,312 shares, increasing direct ownership by 243% to 126,122 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Sobecki Christopher J converted options into 89,312 shares, increasing direct ownership by 44% to 293,177 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Cheung Ivan converted options into 89,312 shares (SEC Form 4)
- Director Amouyal Philippe converted options into 89,312 shares, increasing direct ownership by 31% to 374,486 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Barker Sam L converted options into 89,312 shares, increasing direct ownership by 72% to 213,771 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Debbane Raymond converted options into 89,312 shares, increasing direct ownership by 5% to 1,995,498 units (SEC Form 4)
- Lexicon to Present Data at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 2026 Scientific Sessions
- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals to Present at the 2026 Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference
- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals to Present at the 4th Annual H.C. Wainwright BioConnect Investor Conference
Latest MRK
- Merck’s LIPFENDRA® (enlicitide) is the First and Only Once-Daily Oral PCSK9 Inhibitor Approved by the U.S. FDA to Reduce LDL-C in Adults with Hypercholesterolemia
- Merck to Present New Data on Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Options Across its HIV Treatment and Prevention Pipeline at AIDS 2026
- KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) as Monotherapy Significantly Improved Progression-Free Survival (PFS) in Certain Patients With Advanced or Recurrent Endometrial Cancer With Mismatch Repair Deficient (dMMR) Tumors Compared to Chemotherapy
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Seidman Christine E
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Karsanbhai Surendralal Lanca
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Coe Mary Ellen
- Merck to Hold Second-Quarter 2026 Sales and Earnings Conference Call Aug. 4
- Merck Announces New Agreement with ADAP Crisis Task Force to Improve Access and Care for People Living with HIV
- FDA Approves KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) and KEYTRUDA QLEX™ (pembrolizumab and berahyaluronidase alfa-pmph), each with Trodelvy® (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) as First-Line Treatment of PD-L1+ (CPS ≥10) Advanced Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)
- SEC Form 11-K filed by Merck & Company Inc.