Craig Crews, PhD
Craig Crews is the John C. Malone Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and professor of Chemistry and Pharmacology at Yale University. On the faculty at Yale since 1995, his laboratory has developed the use of small molecules to control intracellular protein levels. In 2003, he co-founded Proteolix, Inc., whose proteasome inhibitor, Kyprolis™ received FDA approval for the treatment of multiple myeloma. The Crews’ lab is also credited with founding the field of ‘Targeted Protein Degradation’ drug development technology, i.e., PROTACs, which has the potential to target currently ‘undruggable’ disease causing proteins. In 2013, Dr. Crews launched the New Haven-based biotech venture, Arvinas, Inc., which is testing the first PROTAC-based drugs in clinical trials for prostate and breast cancer. Since then, he has founded two additional biopharmas, Halda Therapeutics and Siduma Therapeutics.