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Terms of use

Effective: February 25, 2022

Acceptance of the Terms and Conditions

Please read this Agreement carefully. Beam Therapeutics Inc. (hereinafter “Beam”, “we”, “us,” or “our”) provides and makes available this website located at www.beamtx.com (the “Website”). All use of the Website is subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Terms of Use Agreement (the “Agreement”). By accessing, browsing or otherwise using the Website, you acknowledge you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Agreement. If you do not accept the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you shall not access, browse or use the Website. You understand and agree that we may change this Agreement at any time without prior notice. If any change to this Agreement is not acceptable to you, your sole remedy is to cease using the Website. Your access to and use of the Website is also subject to Beam’s Privacy Policy located at Privacy Policy.

Use of the Website

This Website contains material, including but not limited to software, text, graphics and images (collectively referred to as the “Content”). We may own the Content or may license portions of the Content from third parties. The Content is protected by United States and foreign intellectual property laws and your unauthorized use of the Content may result in violation of copyright, trademark and other laws. No Content or any other part of the Website may be reproduced, sold, licensed or transmitted in any form, by any means, electronic or mechanical, or used to create derivative works, except that we authorize you to view, copy, download and print Beam publications, white papers, press releases and FAQs that are made available for public access on the Website; provided that (i) such documents shall be used solely for noncommercial, informational purposes; (ii) such documents shall not be modified; and (iii) no copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices shall be removed, altered or added to such documents. Views expressed in any article provided on a linked third-party website are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of Beam.

The trademarks, service marks, and logos of Beam used and displayed on this Website are owned by Beam. Other company, product, and service names located on the Website may be trademarks or service marks owned by third parties. Nothing on this Website should be construed to grant any license or right in or to any trademarks, service marks or logos displayed on this Website for any purpose except as expressly permitted under this Agreement.

You agree not to: (a) take any action that imposes an unreasonable load on the Website’s infrastructure, (b) use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website, (c) delete or alter any material posted on the Website or (d) frame any of the materials or information available on the Website.

Beam permits linking to the Website for informational, non-commercial purposes only, and expressly prohibits any use of or permission to link to the Website or any Content if such use or link: (a) suggests that Beam promotes or endorses any third party’s causes, political campaigns, products, services or websites, or (b) uses the Content for commercial purposes. Beam does not grant its consent for links to the Website where the linking party engages in any conduct that is illegal, prohibited by this Agreement or otherwise objectionable to Beam in our sole discretion. We reserve the right to withdraw permission for any link at any time.

The Website may contain links to third-party websites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by us of the content on such third-party websites. We are not responsible for the content of any linked third-party websites.

Medical Advice

The Content on the Website is intended to be a general information resource. Beam does not directly or indirectly practice medicine, render medical advice, or dispense medical services via the Website, and nothing contained in the Website is intended to be an instruction for medical diagnosis or treatment. Any information provided should not be considered complete, nor should it be relied on to suggest a basis for diagnosis or course of treatment for a particular individual. Should you have any healthcare related questions, please consult with your physician or other qualified healthcare provider promptly.

Investment Disclaimer

All content on the Website is for informational purposes only and no content is intended to be relied upon for trading or investment purposes. Nothing on this Website will be deemed to constitute an invitation to invest or otherwise deal in shares or other securities in Beam. Beam is not responsible for any trading or investment decisions made based on the Content of the Website.

Limitation of Liability and Disclaimer of Warranties

THE WEBSITE AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. BEAM, ITS AFFILIATES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS OR LICENSORS (COLLECTIVELY, THE “BEAM PARTIES”) DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES RIGHTS AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. BEAM PARTIES DO NOT WARRANT THAT (i) THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEBSITE IS TECHNICALLY ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR FREE OF ERRORS, (ii) THE WEBSITE WILL OPERATE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE, OR (iii) THAT THE WEBSITE, ITS SERVER OR THE CONTENT ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR SIMILAR CONTAMINATION OR DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES.

IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY BEAM PARTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE AND THE CONTENT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF SUCH BEAM PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OR EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, IN SUCH STATES, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Compliance with Applicable Laws

This Website is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We make no claims concerning whether the Content may be downloaded, viewed, or be appropriate for use outside of the United States. If you access the Website or the Content from outside of the United States, you do so at your own risk. Whether inside or outside of the United States, you are solely responsible for ensuring compliance with the laws of your specific jurisdiction.

U.S. Government Restricted Rights.

The Content is provided with “RESTRICTED RIGHTS.” Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government is subject to the restrictions contained in 48 CFR 52.227-19 and 48 CFR 252.227-7013 et seq. or its successor. Use of the Web Site or Content by the U.S. Government constitutes acknowledgement of our proprietary rights in the Web Site and Content.

Termination of the Agreement

Beam reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to restrict, suspend, or terminate this Agreement and your access to all or any part of the Website or the Content at any time and for any reason without prior notice or liability. Beam reserves the right to change, suspend or discontinue all or any part of the Website or the Content at any time without prior notice or liability.

Communications

Any communication or material you transmit to us by electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions or the like is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and nonproprietary, and Beam shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such information. Anything you transmit or post becomes the property of Beam. Beam and any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, strategic collaborators and third-party service providers are free to use for any purpose, any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in any communication you send to the Website without compensation to you, including, but not limited to, researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing products using or incorporating such information. Beam is not liable for protection of privacy for any information submitted or provided by you transferred by email or through the Internet.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Website contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include statements regarding: the initiation, timing, progress and results of preclinical studies and research and development programs, including the initiation and progress of clinical trials; the advancement of our pipeline; our current expectations and anticipated results of operations, including our cash balance and our expected use of capital; the potential activities under license and collaboration agreements and the formation of new collaborations; and the therapeutic applications and potential of our technology, including our potential to develop life-long, curative, precision genetic medicines for patients through base editing, including potential safety advantages, all of which are subject to known and unknown important risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, market trends or industry results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Therefore, any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be forward-looking statements and should be evaluated as such. Without limiting the foregoing, the words “anticipate,” “expect,” “suggest,” “plan,” “vision,” “believe,” “intend,” “project,” “forecast,” “estimates,” “targets,” “projections,” “potential,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “may,” “might,” “will,” and the negative thereof and similar words and expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement is subject to important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statement, including, without limitation, risks and uncertainties related to: our ability to develop, obtain regulatory approval for, and commercialize our product candidates, which may take longer or cost more than planned; our ability to raise additional funding, which may not be available; our ability to obtain, maintain and enforce patent and other intellectual property protection for our product candidates; the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; that preclinical testing of our product candidates and preliminary or interim data from preclinical studies and clinical trials may not be predictive of the results or success of ongoing or later clinical trials; that initiation and enrollment of our clinical trials may take longer than expected; that our product candidates may experience manufacturing or supply interruptions or failures; risks related to competitive products; and the other risks and uncertainties identified under the heading “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our most recent Quarterly or Annual Report on Form 10-Q or 10-K, as applicable, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, and in other filings that the we may make with the SEC in the future. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date such statements are made available on the Website. Factors or events that could cause our actual results to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except to the extent as may be required by applicable law.

Miscellaneous

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without respect to its conflict of laws provisions. You expressly agree to submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of Boston in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. Failure of Beam to act on or enforce any provision of the Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of that provision or any other provision in this Agreement. No waiver shall be effective against Beam unless made in writing, and no such waiver shall be construed as a waiver in any other or subsequent instance. The section headings are provided merely for convenience and shall not be given any legal import. Important and private information should be protected by you. Beam is not liable for protection of privacy of electronic mail or other information transferred through the Internet or any other network that you may use. Except as expressly agreed by Beam and you, this Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between you and Beam with respect to the subject matter, and supersedes all previous or contemporaneous agreements, whether written or oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of our successors, assigns, licensees, and sublicensees.