Amended Current Report Filing (8-k/a)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K/A

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 26, 2021

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bluebird bio, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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Delaware			001-35966			13-3680878
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)			(Commission File Number)			(IRS Employer Identification No.)
60 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA						02142
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)						(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: [phone]

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class			Trading Symbol(s)			Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share			BLUE			The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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Item 8.01    Other Events.

On March 26, 2021, bluebird bio, Inc. (“bluebird”) and Bristol Myers Squibb Company issued a press release announcing that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel; ide-cel) as the first B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell immunotherapy for the treatment of adults with multiple myeloma who have received at least four prior therapies, including an immunomodulatory agent, a proteasome inhibitor, and an anti-CD38 antibody. Abecma is being jointly developed and commercialized in the U.S. as part of a Co-Development, Co-Promotion and Profit Share Agreement between Bristol Myers Squibb and bluebird.

The full text of bluebird’s press release regarding this announcement is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.						Description
99.1						Press release issued by bluebird bio, Inc. on March 26, 2021.
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: March 29, 2021			bluebird bio, Inc.
			By:			/s/ Jason F. Cole
						Jason F. Cole
						Chief Operating and Legal Officer