Bluebird Bio Ticks Down On Wider Loss

Bluebird bio Inc BLUE ticked down slightly in Wednesday's extended session after the development-stage drug company posted a higher-than expected net loss.

The biotechnology company changed hands recently at $95.70, down $0.60.

Bluebird said it can fund operations through 2017 with current cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.

The company's fourth-quarter net loss of $19.5 million, or $0.67 a share, compared with a year-earlier loss of $8.1 million, or $0.34 a share.

Revenue of $6.3 million for the recent period was unchanged from a year earlier.

Wall Street expected a loss of $0.57 a share, on revenue of $6.18 million.

Bluebird said that during 2015 it will complete enrollment for studies concerning its treatment for childhood cerebral dystrophy, its treatment for beta-thalassemia blood disorder and its treatment for sickle cell disease.

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