FDA probes blood cancer risk from bluebird's gene therapy, weighs regulatory action

The FDA said on Wednesday that it is investigating reports of blood cancers -- including life-threatening cases of myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia -- in patients with early, active cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD) who were treated with elivaldogene autotemcel (eli-cel; Skysona).