Beam Therapeutics Inc. (BEAM)

30.62 +0.47 (+1.56%) At close: 04:00PM EDT

Beam Therapeutics Inc.

238 Main Street
9th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142-1016
United States
857 327 8775
https://beamtx.com

Sector(s): Healthcare
Industry: Biotechnology
Full-time employees: 507

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. John M. Evans M.B.A.	CEO & Director	1.02M	1.62M	1978
Dr. Giuseppe Ciaramella Ph.D.	Pres	890.79k	14.85M	1969
Ms. Terry-Ann Burrell M.B.A.	CFO & Treasurer	687.52k	9.18M	1977
Dr. Feng Zhang Ph.D.	Co-Founder	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dr. David R. Liu Ph.D.	Co-Founder	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dr. J. Keith Joung M.D., Ph.D.	Co-Founder	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dr. Nicole Gaudelli Ph.D.	Co-Founder	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dr. Alexis Komor Ph.D.	Co-Founder	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Suzanne Fleming	Chief Accounting Officer	N/A	N/A	1961
Dr. Manmohan Singh Ph.D.	Chief Technology Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of 31 December 2021, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

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 and BEAM-102 for the treatment of sickle cell disease beta thalassemia; BEAM-201, an allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor T cell for the treatment of refractory T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/T cell lymphoblastic lymphoma; BEAM-301, a liver-targeting LNP formulation for the treatment of glycogen storage disease 1a; and BEAM-302, a liver-targeting LNP formulation to treat severe alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. 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; Orbital Therapeutics design RNA for the prevention, treatment or diagnosis of human disease; and the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel for treatment of impaired vision and blindness. Beam Therapeutics Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Corporate governance

Beam Therapeutics Inc.’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 30 March 2023 is 7. The pillar scores are Audit: 7; Board: 8; Shareholder rights: 6; Compensation: 8.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.