This episode of The Motley Fool's Market Checkup drills down on the hottest headlines and biggest market movers in the health-care sector.
In this video, health-care analysts David Williamson and Max Macaluso discuss Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' impressive 20% pop after releasing clinical data for LX4211, a type-2 diabetes drug and the company's flagship asset.
Lexicon is targeting a large and lucrative market in diabetes, but that also means it will face stiff competition. Lexicon will have to go toe-to-toe with Johnson & Johnson, which has a similar drug, the recently approved Invokana, on the market, and Forxiga, from a Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca partnership, seeking U.S. approval.
David and Max take a closer look at the impact of today's news on Lexicon, the challenges the company will face, and whether investors should hop aboard the stock's bandwagon.