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Second unanimous FDA adcomm vote boosts bluebird bio

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Beti-cel has already been approved for marketing in Europe as Zynteglo, with a price tag of around $1.8 million price tag, saying its ability to help patients reach sustained transfusion independence justified its high price. Beti-cel offers another potentially curative treatment for a much broader range of patients.

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ICER says bluebird bio’s $2.1m gene therapy is cost-effective

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million price tag. Patients with the most severe form of inherited disorder develop life-threatening anaemia from the age of around four to six months and have to undergo monthly blood transfusions as well as additional treatment to prevent complications, such as chelation drugs to remove excess iron from the body.

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bluebird bio to split into oncology and gene therapy specialists

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Late last year, bluebird’s shares tanked after the FDA laid out additional manufacturing standards for its lead gene therapy product, Lentiglobin, in sickle cell anaemia that could hold up filing until late 2022. million price tag.