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Fresh out of the bluebird bio oncology split, Joanne Smith-Farrell flies the coop to Be Bio and its B cell platform

Kyle Blankenship

Stung by setbacks and a stagnant pipeline, bluebird bio, the once-darling of gene therapy biotech, made the tough call to sever its rare disease and …

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