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I think the notion that one can own facts will one day be viewed as archaic as the notion that one can own people.

Can you own a secret, though? Or is it OK for a government to force you reveal it publicly?

If people have a right to own secrets, and if NDAs can be legally enforced, then a market of (the knowledge of) facts can naturally emerge that's strictly worse than the patent system.

They don't own any facts. They own the ability to exclude others from selling, as well as importing/exporting, certain materials.

Which is going to break down quickly when anyone can replicate those materials at little cost on their workbench.

They do a pretty good job regulating drug imports that violate IP, and I suspect they will here as well. The materials in question will be complex human therapeutic compositions, not research materials. I strongly doubt people will be creating therapeutic CRISPR compositions at the workbench (which will also include sophisticated delivery and targeting molecular products).

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