Beam Therapeutics Inc. appointed John Lo, Ph.D., as chief commercial officer, where he will be responsible for commercial readiness, as well as leading product and portfolio strategy. Dr. Lo joins Beam after serving as an advisor to multiple private- and public-stage biotechnology companies, including Beam. Dr. Lo has held a number of global strategic and operating roles of increasing responsibility within the biopharmaceutical industry, including as senior vice president, worldwide hematology at Bristol Myers Squibb; head of global marketing and market access at Astra Zeneca; corporate vice president, hematology and oncology at Celgene; and multiple P&L roles at Novartis.

While at these companies, Dr. Lo successfully helped launch numerous drugs in the U.S. and globally, including Tagrisso in lung cancer and two cell therapies. Dr. Lo has also helped build strategies and grow R&D pipelines as co-chair of the Development Committee at Celgene, leading to multiple pivotal study investments. Dr. Lo also spent several years as an associate principal at McKinsey & Company and holds a Ph.D. in molecular biology from MIT.