R. Scott Struthers
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Neurocrine Biosciences
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Inc
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Struthers is a founder of Crinetics. Prior to Crinetics, he was senior director and head, endocrinology and metabolism at Neurocrine Biosciences. At Neurocrine, he initiated and led the company’s efforts to discover and develop orally active, nonpeptide GnRH antagonists. This resulted in a first-in-class compound, elagolix, which has demonstrated safety and efficacy in over 40 clinical trials totaling more than 3,000 patients. Prior to Neurocrine, he co-founded ScienceMedia Inc. to develop eLearning solutions for the life sciences and higher education markets and led contract research efforts at Biosym Technologies to develop and apply computational tools for drug discovery. Dr. Struthers is an author of more than 75 scientific publications. He holds Ph.D. in physiology and pharmacology from the University of California, San Diego.
Research Interest
Neurocrine Biosciences