Investors Take Flight After Bluebird Bio’s Sickle Cell Delay

Stock Plunges By 25% After Setback

Bluebird’s first two gene therapies are on the market, but a new delay to its biggest hope, the sickle cell disease candidate lovo-cell, has spooked investors.

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Bluebird Bio is in a race to market in sickle cell gene therapy with Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics. • Source: Shutterstock

Bluebird Bio has seen its share price drop by 25% after the company announced a further delay to the filing of its sickle cell disease gene therapy candidate, lovotibeglogene autotemcel, or lovo-cel.

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