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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Madan Ajay

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O CRINETICS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

10222 BARNES CANYON ROAD, BLDG 2

(Street)

SAN DIEGO

92121

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/20/2020

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [ CRNX ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Development Officer

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	76,046	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽¹⁾	05/26/2026	Common Stock	106,383	0.73	D
Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽²⁾	05/24/2028	Common Stock	91,185	9.28	D
Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽³⁾	03/07/2029	Common Stock	56,250	25.19	D
Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽⁴⁾	02/23/2030	Common Stock	70,000	22.61	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. 25% of the shares subject to the option vested on July 17, 2017 and 1/48th of the total remaining number of shares subject to the option vest monthly thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continued employment with the Issuer on each such vesting date. The shares subject to the option are also subject to accelerated vesting as set forth in the employment agreement between the Issuer and the Reporting Person.

2. 1/48th of the shares subject to the option vested on June 25, 2018 and 1/48th of the shares subject to the option vest monthly thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continued employment with the Issuer on each such vesting date. The shares subject to the option are also subject to accelerated vesting as set forth in the employment agreement between the Issuer and the Reporting Person.

3. 1/48th of the shares subject to the option vested on April 8, 2019 and 1/48th of the shares subject to the option vest monthly thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continued employment with the Issuer on each such vesting date. The shares subject to the option are also subject to accelerated vesting as set forth in the employment agreement between the Issuer and the Reporting Person.

4. 1/48th of the shares subject to the option vested on March 24, 2020 and 1/48th of the shares subject to the option vest monthly thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continued employment with the Issuer on each such vesting date. The shares subject to the option are also subject to accelerated vesting as set forth in the employment agreement between the Issuer and the Reporting Person.

Remarks:

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

	/s/ Marc Wilson, as attorney-in-fact	03/27/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Marc Wilson, with full power of substitution, as the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)        prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a
Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make
electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and/or 10% holder of the Company's capital stock,
Forms 3, 4, and 5 and any amendments thereto in accordance with Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(3)        do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)        take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary,
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 27th day of March, 2020.

Signature:  /s/ Ajay Madan
Print Name:  Ajay Madan