bluebird bio, Inc. (NASDAQ:BLUE) Files An 8-K Other Events
Item 8.01 Other Events

On November 16, 2017, bluebird bio, Inc. (“bluebird”) reported the treatment of the first subject in the Northstar-3 study, the Phase III clinical study of the LentiGlobin product candidate in patients with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia and a β^{/β genotype (HGB-212).The full text of bluebird’s press release regarding the announcement is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.}

Also on November 16, 2017, bluebird issued a press release announcing that bb2121, a chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy targeting BCMA in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma partnered with Celgene Corporation, has received Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and has been granted PRIority MEdicines (PRIME) eligibility by the European Medicines Agency. The full text of the press release regarding the announcement is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

bluebird bio, Inc. Exhibit
EX-99.1 2 blue-ex991_6.htm EX-99.1 blue-ex991_6.htm   Exhibit 99.1   bluebird bio Announces First Patient Treated in Northstar-3 (HGB-212),…
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About bluebird bio, Inc. (NASDAQ:BLUE)

bluebird bio, Inc. is a biotechnology company. The Company is focused on developing transformative gene therapies for severe genetic and rare diseases and in the field of T cell-based immunotherapy. Its gene therapy clinical programs include LentiGlobin product candidate to treat transfusion-dependent B-thalassemia (TDT) and severe sickle cell disease (SCD), and Lenti-D product candidate to treat cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD), a rare hereditary neurological disorder. Its oncology programs are built using lentiviral gene delivery and T cell engineering, with a focus on developing T cell-based immunotherapies, including chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and T cell receptor (TCR) T cell therapies. Its oncology program, bb2121, is a CAR T cell product candidate targeting B-cell maturation antigen, or BCMA, in multiple myeloma. It also offers discovery research programs utilizing megaTALs/homing endonuclease gene editing technologies for use across its pipeline.