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bluebird bio Completes First Commercial Cell Collection for LYFGENIA

One-time gene therapy for the treatment of sickle cell disease was approved by the FDA in December 2023.

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By: Kristin Brooks

Managing Editor, Contract Pharma

bluebird bio, Inc. has completed the first commercial cell collection for LYFGENIA (lovotibeglogene autotemcel), a one-time gene therapy for the treatment of sickle cell disease in patients with a history of vaso-occlusive events. LYFGENIA was approved by the FDA in December 2023. “Seeing people living with sickle cell disease receive gene therapy in the real world is a vision that has fueled bluebird for more than 10 years,” said Andrew Obenshain, president and CEO, bluebird bio. “This hist...

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