How Krystal Biotech Went From Founding To IPO In 18 Months

Chairman and CEO Krish Krishnan is an experienced biotech executive. But even he didn’t expect to go from self-funding Krystal Biotech to IPO in 18 months. The Pittsburgh-based company, which Krishnan co-founded with his wife and COO Suma Krishnan, is working to develop to develop treatments for rare, orphan skin diseases caused by the absence of, or a mutation in, a single gene.