C4 Therapeutics Taps NIBR’s Crystal for Chief Medical Officer Post

Adam Crystal has been appointed chief medical officer of C4 Therapeutics. Crystal comes to the Watertown, MA-based biotech from the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR), where he led several oncology programs. Before working at NIBR, Crystal was a medical oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. C4 is developing drugs that treat disease through protein degradation, a cellular process for disposing of faulty or damaged proteins.

Author: Frank Vinluan

Xconomy Editor Frank Vinluan is a business journalist with experience covering technology and life sciences. Based in Raleigh, he was a staff writer at the Triangle Business Journal covering technology, biotechnology and energy before joining MedCityNews.com as North Carolina bureau chief. Prior to moving to North Carolina’s Research Triangle in 2007 he held business reporting positions at The Des Moines Register and The Seattle Times.