With key test still loom­ing, Cel­gene and Ac­celeron nab FDA okay for be­ta-tha­lassemia med

While pric­ing con­cerns con­tin­ue to cloud the fu­ture of blue­bird bio’s gene ther­a­py fix, the FDA has giv­en its okay for Cel­gene and Ac­celeron’s be­ta-tha­lassemia drug Re­blozyl — to treat ane­mia in adults who re­quire reg­u­lar trans­fu­sions. An ap­proval for myelodys­plas­tic syn­dromes (MDS) — which will like­ly de­ter­mine if the drug is a ma­jor com­mer­cial suc­cess — is still un­der re­view.

The drug will be priced at $3,441 per 25 mg vial, Ac­celeron said.

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