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bluebird bio (BLUE) Opens Phase 3 Study of LentiGlobin in Patients with Transfusion-Dependent Beta-Thalassemia

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bluebird bio Opens Phase 3 Study of LentiGlobin™ Drug Product in Patients with Transfusion-Dependent Beta-Thalassemia

September 8, 2016 8:15 AM EDT

-- HGB-207 trial to be conducted with enhancements to transduction process under the same IND as previous studies of LentiGlobin --

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- bluebird bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLUE), a clinical-stage company committed to developing potentially transformative gene therapies for severe genetic diseases and T cell-based immunotherapies for cancer, today announced the opening of HGB-207, a Phase 3, global, multi-center study in patients with transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia with non-0/0 genotypes. This study will incorporate the addition of bluebird bios transduction enhancers to the hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) manufacturing... More