Beam Therapeutics Inc. Common Stock
Beam Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company, engages in the development of precision genetic medicines for patients suffering from serious diseases in the United States. It develops BEAM-101 for the treatment of sickle cell disease; BEAM-302, a liver-targeting LNP formulation to treat severe alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency; and BEAM-301, a liver-targeting LNP formulation for the treatment of glycogen storage disease 1a. It also intends to develop BEAM-103, an anti-CD117 monoclonal antibody, and BEAM-104, a cell therapy for development in sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia; and BEAM-201 and other potential ex vivo CAR-T therapies. The company has research collaboration agreement with Pfizer Inc., focus on in vivo base editing programs for targets rare genetic diseases of the liver, muscle, and central nervous system; Apellis Pharmaceuticals to conduct preclinical research on target specific genes within the complement system in various organs, including the eye, liver, and brain; Verve Therapeutics, Inc., for cardiovascular disease treatments; Sana Biotechnology, Inc., to research, develop, and commercialize rights to CRISPR Cas12b for cell therapy programs; and Orbital Therapeutics design RNA for the prevention, treatment or diagnosis of human disease. Beam Therapeutics Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Precision BioSciences, Inc., a clinical stage gene editing company, develops in vivo gene editing therapies for gene edits, including gene insertion, excision, and elimination in the United States. The company offers ARCUS, a genome editing platform for DNA genome insertion, removal, and repair. It also provides PBGENE-HBV for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) to eliminate covalently closed circular DNA with direct cuts and edits, as well as to inactivate integrated HBV DNA with the goal of long-lasting reductions in hepatitis B surface antigen; and PBGENE-3243 for the treatment of m.3243 associated mitochondrial myopathy. In addition, the company develops PBGENE-NVS (insertion) for sickle cell and beta thalassemia diseases; PBGENE-DMD (excision) for duchenne muscular dystrophy; PBGENE-LIVER (insertion), a liver directed target; PBGENE-CNS (excision), a central nervous system directed target; and iECURE-OTC (insertion) for ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency. It has collaboration agreements with Novartis Pharma AG to discover and develop in vivo gene editing products; TG Cell Therapy, Inc. to develop, manufacture, and commercialize azer-cel for autoimmune diseases and other indications outside of cancer; and iECURE, Inc. to develop ARCUS-based gene-insertion therapies. Precision BioSciences, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.
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