Please note: as of 12/31/21, ARK’s clients own greater than 1% of the shares outstanding of Beam Therapeutics.
Base editing, and gene editing as a broader industry, are a major focus of our research at ARK, and a major piece of DNA Sequencing, one of our 5 technology platforms. To dive deeper into the world of base editing, Analyst Ali Urman sits down with industry expert, Beam Therapeutics CEO John Evans. Evans was previously a Venture Partner with ARCH Venture Partners and an early employee and member of the leadership team at Agios Pharmaceuticals. At Agios, he helped develop IDHIFA and TIBSOVO, two IDH inhibitors for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), helped initiate and lead Agios’ landmark alliance with Celgene, and co-led Agios’s expansion into rare genetic diseases. On this episode, Ali and John discuss the falling costs of medicine, the convergence of 3D Printing and Base Editing, Base Editing’s applications for chronic illness, the total opportunity of the gene editing space and much more!






“Every base in the genome can be toggled, and, so, every base that has function, we can change that function” – @john_evans3





Key Points From This Episode:
John’s favorite poet, Wallace Stevens
Medicine’s cost declines and what that means for patients
The efficiency of of Multiplex Gene Editing (MGE)
The convergence between and potential of 3D Printing and Gene Editing
The many colors of CRISPR Gene Editing
Base editing applications for chronic illnesses
The intersection between Base Editing and Prime Editing
Beam Therapeutic’s partnerships with Pfizer and Verve
Measuring the opportunity in the Base Editing space
The potential total market opportunity in the gene editing space
The CRISPR patent ruling and its impact on the genomics field
What John finds interesting about Twitter and why he is so active on the platform