The Woodlands, Texas, May 31, 2016 – Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: LXRX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted for filing the New Drug Application for telotristat etiprate, an oral drug for the treatment of carcinoid syndrome. The FDA has granted a Priority Review of the NDA filing and set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (“PDUFA”) target action date of November 30, 2016.