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It may not have always felt like it, but biotech has been in a bull market mode over the past two-and-a-half years, ever since the iShares Biotechnology Index (IBB) bottomed out at $80.01 on February 9, 2016.
pceth Biopharma GmbH congratulates its partner bluebird bio on the acceptance and validation of its market authorization application by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
Emeryville, Calif.-based Gritstone Oncology hits the ground running today on the Nasdaq Exchange after raising $100 million in an initial public offering.
The two biggest areas for biotech startups in the U.S. are Cambridge in Boston and the San Francisco Bay Area. They’re also the locations of astonishingly expensive real estate. But they’re where biotechs seem to want to be because they’re close to talent, academic research institutions, and the attention of venture capital.
In May the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Amgen’s preventative migraine treatment Aimovig. Amgen and its developmental partner Novartis, said the medication would be ready within one week for patients.
Cambridge, Mass.-based bluebird bio and Gritstone Oncology inked a deal to combine gene and cell therapies to target cancer. This morning California-based Gritstone said it will leverage its artificial intelligence platform, dubbed EDGE, to analyze specific tumor types for the collaboration.
Express Scripts is already known for its role of bringing prescriptions to the doors of consumers. Now the company is moving into a new area of providing medicines—expensive gene therapies.
This week, the Business Journals compiled a list of the 25 companies across the United States with the highest median salary for employees. According to the list, median salaries for these companies ranked from $198,000 to $495,000. Of those companies listed, more than half were in the pharma or biotech industries.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and bluebird bio are teaming up. The companies will combine their expertise in the battle against cancer by leveraging Regeneron’s VelociSuite platform with bluebird’s cell therapy technologies to develop new cell therapies for patients.
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Long-Term Follow-up Data Show That the 88% of Patients Treated in the Starbeam Study (ALD-102) Were Free of Major Functional Disabilities (MFDs) at Two Years, and Continued to Remain MFD-Free at up to Five Years of Follow-up
bluebird bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLUE) announced that updated data from the clinical development program for its investigational Lenti-D™ gene therapy in patients with cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD) will be presented at the 13th European Pediatric Neurology Society (EPNS) Congress, to be held September 17 – 21, 2019 in Athens, Greece.
bluebird bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLUE) today announced that members of the management team will present at the following upcoming investor conferences in September
bluebird bio, Inc. reported financial results and business highlights for the second quarter ended June 30, 2019.
bluebird bio, Inc. announced updated results from the completed Phase 1/2 Northstar study, and new data from the Phase 3 Northstar-2 and Phase 3 Northstar-3 clinical studies of its LentiGlobin® gene therapy for patients with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia, at the 24th European Hematology Association Congress in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
In patients who were at least six months post-treatment with LentiGlobin for SCD, median level of abnormal sickle hemoglobin (HbS) was reduced to ≤50 percent of total Hb
bluebird bio, Inc. announced that the company will host a live webcast to review new data presented at the European Hematology Association Annual Meeting, and to discuss the approval of ZYNTEGLO® on Friday, June 14 at 8:00 a.m. ET.
ZYNTEGLO is the first gene therapy approved for transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT)
bluebird bio, Inc. announced that the Company will hold a conference call to discuss data presented at the European Hematology Association Annual Meeting on Friday, June 14 at 8:00 am ET.
Additional follow-up from the completed Phase 1/2 Northstar (HGB-204) study of LentiGlobin in adolescents and adults with TDT