Avak Kahvejian

2023 was a year of #BiggerLeaps at Flagship and at our companies. Watch what we’ve been up to, launching new platform companies, forging strategic partnerships, growing our team, expanding into APAC & the UK, and more. #WeAreFlagship

Flagship launches Sail Biomedicines (@SailBiomeds), which combines #FlagshipFounded @endlessRNA and @sendabioscience, along with AI capabilities from Flagship Labs to form a new company pioneering the design and deployment of fully programmable medicines. More here: flagshippioneering.com/press/flagship…

We're thrilled to welcome John Lepore as our CEO! John brings two decades of experience in #drugdiscovery and development, and we look forward to his leadership as we pioneer the expanded human #proteome: ow.ly/mNNl50PRQ4k #innovation #FlagshipFounded

The recent arrest by the government of #Azerbaijan of philanthropist, businessman, Armenian citizen and co-founder of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative, @RubenVardanyan_, is both outrageous and politically motivated. As members of the global #humanitarian and #humanrights community we call for his immediate release. The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative, to which Ruben has given so much, has for the past eight years honored and supported the work of those who fight for basic human rights, often at the risk of their own lives, all around the world. The irony is that Ruben now finds himself a victim of the same persecution as those he has sought to help as a human rights defender. When Ruben moved to #NagornoKarabakh over a year ago, prior to the 10-month-long blockade of all food and basic necessities and recent bombings, he did so knowing that there were significant risks, but he was determined to help find a peaceful resolution to the conflict. Detaining Ruben, a man who has spent the last 20 years dedicated to advancing the socio-economic development of the region, is unjust. This action deprives him of his basic rights much like the tens of thousands of Armenians of the region whose fundamental human rights are violated daily. Ruben Vardanyan is being held captive because of his support for the people of Nagorno-Karabakh and their right to a democratic way of life. The Azerbaijani government must release him and demonstrate their respect for human rights – his and those of all Armenians of the region։ bit.ly/3PzGM35 Fartuun Adan 2020 Aurora Prize Laureate; Founder, @ElmanPeaceHRC @NoubarAfeyan Co-Founder, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative; Founder and CEO, @FlagshipPioneer; Co-Founder and Chairman, @moderna_tx @JamilaAfghani 2022 Aurora Prize Laureate; President, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (@WILPF) Afghanistan Oscar Arias @oariascr Honorary Member, Aurora Prize Selection Committee; Two-Time President of Costa Rica; Peace @NobelPrize Laureate Marguerite Barankitse 2016 Aurora Prize Laureate; Founder, @Maison_Shalom @CatenaTom Chair, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative; 2017 Aurora Prize Laureate; Medical Director, Mother of Mercy Hospital @Ara_Darzi Chair, Aurora Prize Selection Committee; Co-Director, Institute of Global Health Innovation at @imperialcollege London Mirza Dinnayi @MDinnayi 2019 Aurora Prize Laureate; Co-Founder and Director, Air Bridge Iraq Shirin Ebadi Honorary Member, Aurora Prize Selection Committee; Founder, Defenders of Human Rights Center; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate @IlwadElman 2020 Aurora Prize Laureate; COO, Elman Peace And Human Rights Centre Gareth Evans Honorary Member, Aurora Prize Selection Committee; Former Foreign Minister of Australia; President Emeritus, International @CrisisGroup @LeymahRGbowee Aurora Prize Selection Committee; Founder and President, @GboweePeace Foundation Africa; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Hina Jilani Honorary Member, Aurora Prize Selection Committee; Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan; Former @UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders @DeleOlojede Aurora Prize Selection Committee; Founder, @africainworld Festival; @PulitzerPrizes Winner @PaulPolman Aurora Prize Selection Committee; Business Leader, Climate and Equalities Campaigner; Former CEO of @Unilever John Prendergast Aurora Prize Selection Committee; Human Rights Activist Louise Richardson Aurora Prize Selection Committee; President, @CarnegieCorp of New York Mary Robinson Aurora Prize Selection Committee; Chair, @TheElders; Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Former President of Ireland Ernesto Zedillo Aurora Prize Selection Committee; Director of the Center for the Study of Globalization at @Yale University; Former President of Mexico

Flagship welcomes Jason Gardner as CEO-Partner & CEO of #Flagshipfounded @AmpersandBio. He shares, “I was really impressed with the science-based model at Flagship that asks audacious questions that can really impact health and patient’s lives.” youtu.be/jRFQPLDCkno

Flagship is honored to be named one of @FastCompany’s Most Innovative Companies of 2022, and number 2 on its North America list, recognizing companies making the biggest impact across industries and culture. #FCMostInnovative bit.ly/3KwY5Oh