GlobeNewswire Inc | Sep 3, 2020 05:57PM EDT

September 03, 2020

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: CRNX), today announced that management will participate in the following conferences in the month of September and invites investors to participate by webcast. Please see additional details below:

Baird Global Healthcare Conference Date: Wednesday, September 9^th 2020 Time: 12:50 pm Eastern Time Presenter: Scott Struthers,Founder & CEO H.C. Wainwright: 22nd Annual Global Investment Conference Date: Monday, September 14^th 2020 Time: 10:30 am Eastern Time Presenter: Scott Struthers,Founder & CEO Cantor Fitzgerald Global Healthcare Conference Date: Tuesday, September 15^th 2020 Time: 2:00 pm Eastern Time Presenter: Scott Struthers,Founder & CEO

Webcast Links: Links to the webcasts along with a replay of the webcasts will be accessible on the Events & Presentations page in the Investors section on the Companys website at www.crinetics.com.

About Crinetics PharmaceuticalsCrinetics 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 companys 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 plans to advance paltusotine into a Phase 3 trial in acromegaly and a Phase 2 trial for the treatment of carcinoid syndrome associated with NETs in 2021. The company is also developing an oral nonpeptide somatostatin receptor type 5 (sst5) agonist for hyperinsulinism, as well as an oral nonpeptide ACTH antagonist for the treatment of Cushing's disease, congenital adrenal hyperplasia and other diseases of excess ACTH. All of the companys drug candidates are new chemical entities resulting from in-house drug discovery efforts and are wholly owned by the company. For more information, please visit www.crinetics.com.

Contacts: Media:Marc Wilson Aline SherwoodChief Financial Officer Scienta CommunicationsIR@crinetics.com asherwood@scientapr.com(858) 450-6464 (312) 238-8957