STAA vs BEAM Comparison

Staar Surgical Co is a manufacturer of lenses. It designs, develops, manufactures, and sells implantable lenses for the eye and delivery systems used to deliver the lenses into the eye. The company also makes lenses that are used in surgery to treat cataracts. The company offers two types of products: Implantable Collamer lenses (ICL) and intraocular lens (IOL). The ICLs are used in refractive surgery and IOLs are used in cataract surgery. The majority of its sales are generated from the ophthalmic surgical product segment.

Beam Therapeutics Inc is a biotechnology company committed to creating a new class of precision genetic medicines based on its proprietary base editing technology, with a vision of providing lifelong cures to patients suffering from serious diseases. The company is focused on its programs in the hematology and genetic disease portfolios, which comprise different product candidates in its pipeline, such as BEAM-101, which is being developed to target Sickle Cell Disease, BEAM-302, a liver-targeting lipid nanoparticle, being developed to target Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and other drug candidates including BEAM-302, BEAM-103 & 104. The company views its operations and manages its business in one operating segment, operating exclusively in the United States.