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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Bluebird’s sickle-cell screwups may prompt a sale; drugmakers raised prices on widely used meds without new clinical evidence

Bluebird Bio mispriced its sickle cell gene therapy and fumbled a pivotal financial lifeline, blunders that could imperil its independence and survival.
Source: Alex Hogan/STAT

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