Crinetics Pharmaceuticals to Participate in SVB Leerink Global Healthcare Conference
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRNX), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapeutics for rare endocrine diseases and endocrine-related tumors, today announced that Scott Struthers, Ph.D., Founder and Chief Executive Officer, will participate in a fireside chat at the 9th Annual SVB Leerink Global Healthcare Conference. The fireside chat will take place on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. ET in New York City.
A live audio webcast and replay of the fireside chat will be available in the Investors section on the company’s website at .
About Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapeutics for rare endocrine diseases and endocrine-related tumors. The company’s lead product candidate, paltusotine (formerly CRN00808), is an oral selective nonpeptide somatostatin receptor type 2 biased agonist undergoing two Phase 2 clinical trials for the treatment of acromegaly, an orphan disease affecting more than 25,000 people in the United States. Crinetics’ second oral product development candidate, CRN01941, has entered the clinic for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors. The company is also developing oral nonpeptide somatostatin agonists for hyperinsulinism, as well as oral nonpeptide ACTH antagonists for the treatment of Cushing's disease and other diseases of excess ACTH excess. All of the company’s drug candidates are new chemical entities resulting from in-house drug discovery efforts. For more information, please visit .
Contacts:
Marc Wilson
Chief Financial Officer
(858) 450-6464
Robert H. Uhl
Westwicke ICR
(858) 356-5932
