bluebird bio, Inc. (BLUE)

4.6000 +0.1300 (+2.91%) At close: 04:00PM EDT

bluebird bio, Inc.

60 Binney Street
Cambridge, MA 02142
United States
339 499 9300
https://www.bluebirdbio.com

Sector(s): Healthcare
Industry: Biotechnology
Full-time employees: 518

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. Andrew Obenshain	Pres, CEO & Director	842.85k	N/A	1975
Mr. Thomas J. Klima	Chief Commercial Officer & COO	509.7k	N/A	1972
Mr. Christopher Krawtschuk CPA	CFO, Principal Accounting Officer & Treasurer	N/A	N/A	1974
Mr. Joseph D. Vittiglio Esq., J.D.	Chief Bus. & Legal Officer	N/A	N/A	1972
Jess Rowlands	Head of Corp. Communications	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Andrea Walton	Chief People Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Melissa Bonner	Sr. VP of Research	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Richard Colvin M.D., Ph.D.	Chief Medical Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Kasra Kasraian	Sr. VP of Technical Devel. & Operations	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Scott Shoemaker	Sr. VP of Quality	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of 31 December 2021, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

bluebird bio, Inc., a biotechnology company, researches, develops, and commercializes transformative gene therapies for severe genetic diseases. Its product candidates for severe genetic diseases include betibeglogene autotemcel for the treatment of transfusion-dependent ß-thalassemia; lovotibeglogene autotemcel for the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD); and elivaldogene autotemcel to treat cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy. The company's clinical study program includes HGB-205, HGB-206, and HGB-210 to evaluate the safety and efficacy of lovo-cel in the treatment of patients with SCD; and HGB-204, HGB-205, HGB-207, and HGB-212 to evaluate the safety and efficacy of beti-cel in the treatment of patients with ß-thalassemia. It has strategic collaboration and license agreements with Orchard Therapeutics Limited, Forty Seven, Inc., and Magenta Therapeutics, Inc. The company was formerly known as Genetix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and changed its name to bluebird bio, Inc. in September 2010. bluebird bio, Inc. was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Corporate governance

bluebird bio, Inc.’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 1 February 2023 is 6. The pillar scores are Audit: 9; Board: 5; Shareholder rights: 5; Compensation: 7.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.