Beam Therapeutics

Backstory: A look at RTP’s growing gene therapy hub as startup brings 200+ $102,000 jobs to Durham

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Aug 12, 2020

A young Boston-area gene therapy company, Beam Therapeutics, has joined a cluster of gene and cell therapy startups with plans to build an $83 million biomanufacturing facility in Durham that could employ more than 200 people over five years.

Beam Therapeutics to build $83M manufacturing facility in RTP, create hundreds of jobs

Posted by WRAL News | Aug 11, 2020

Beam Therapeutics’ project in North Carolina will be facilitated, in part, by a Job Development Investment Grant (JDIG) approved by the state’s Economic Investment Committee earlier today. The agreement authorizes the potential reimbursement to the company of up to $3.2 million spread over 12 years.