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About bluebird bio, Inc.
bluebird bio is a clinical-stage company committed to developing
potentially transformative gene therapies for severe genetic and orphan
diseases. bluebird bio has two clinical-stage programs in development.
The most advanced product candidate, Lenti-D, is in a recently-initiated
phase 2/3 study, the Starbeam Study, for the treatment of childhood
cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CCALD), a rare, hereditary neurological
disorder affecting young boys. The next most advanced product candidate,
LentiGlobin, is currently in two phase 1/2 studies, one in the US (the
Northstar Study) and one in
bluebird bio also has an early-stage chimeric antigen receptor-modified
T cell (CAR-T) program for oncology in collaboration with
bluebird bio has operations in
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including
statements regarding the anticipated final terms, timing and completion
of the proposed offering and bluebird bio’s existing product candidates
and research programs. Any forward-looking statements are based on
management’s current expectations of future events and are subject to a
number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially and adversely from those set forth in or implied by
such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include,
but are not limited to, risk and uncertainties related to market
conditions and satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to
the proposed public offering, that the preliminary results from our
clinical trials will not continue or be repeated in our ongoing clinical
trials, the risk that previously conducted studies involving similar
product candidates will not be repeated or observed in ongoing or future
studies involving current product candidates, the risk of cessation or
delay of any of the ongoing or planned clinical studies and/or our
development of our product candidates, the risk of a delay in the
enrollment of patients in our clinical studies, the risk that our
collaboration with
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