Despite the strong growth in the number of drugs approved by the FDA over the last few years, clinical trial productivity fell 27% from 2013 to 2018, according to a report from the Iqvia Institute for Human Data Science.

The hematology world is a-twitter about the imminent approval of Zynteglo (betibeglogene darolentivec), the lentiglobin cell and gene therapy from Bluebird Bio Inc. that’s expected to become the first gene therapy to address the blood disease beta-thalassemia and the company’s first product to market. 

BioWorld's offices were closed in observance of Memorial Day in the U.S. No issue was published Monday, May 27.