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Crinetics Hosting Key Opinion Leader Webinar to Discuss the Current Treatment Landscape and Unmet Need in Acromegaly
Webinar Being Held on August 8, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time SAN DIEGO, July 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRNX)
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[{"type":"text","content":"Webinar Being Held on August 8, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time\nSAN DIEGO, July 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRNX) today announced that it will host a Key Opinion Leader (KOL) webinar on August 8, 2023 at 12:00 pm Eastern Time, featuring presentations by KOLs Beverly MK Biller M.D. and Karen JP Liebert, R.N., BSN, both of Massachusetts General Hospital, who will discuss the current landscape and unmet medical need in acromegaly, as well as the treatment burden associated with standard-of-care injectable somatostatin receptor ligands (SRLs). In addition, the Crinetics management team will discuss its pipeline of internally discovered oral small molecule drug candidates, with a focus on the Phase 3 PATHFNDR-1 study of paltusotine, an investigational, once-daily oral small molecule somatostatin receptor type 2 agonist. A live question and answer session will follow the formal presentations. To register for the webinar, please click here. Beverly MK Biller, M.D., is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a faculty member in the Neuroendocrine Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Dr. Biller directs the Clinical Fellowship in Adult Endocrinology and Metabolism at MGH and conducts research related to the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of pituitary disorders. She has co-authored clinical practice guidelines on pituitary topics for the Endocrine Society, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, and the European Society of Endocrinology. Karen JP Liebert, R.N., B.S.N., is a research nurse / study coordinator in the Neuroendocrine Department at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Ms. Liebert has extensive experience caring for adult patients with medical issues related to the pituitary gland, as well as recruiting and coordinating clinical trial participants, executing trial procedures, and monitoring the overall health of study participants. She is a member of the Endocrine Nursing Society and has co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications. About AcromegalyAcromegaly is a serious disease generally caused by a pituitary adenoma, a benign tumor in the pituitary that secretes growth hormone (GH). Excess GH secretion causes excess secretion of IGF-1 from the liver. Together, excess of these hormones leads to the symptoms of acromegaly, including abno...