Bluebird Bio announced Friday it would sell itself and its portfolio of gene therapies to the investment firms Carlyle and SK ...

Cash-strapped gene-therapy company Bluebird bio agreed to be acquired by private-equity firms Carlyle Group and SK Capital Partners in a deal potentially worth up to $96 million.

Once the hottest property in biotech, gene therapy company bluebird bio has been sold for less than $500 million after a long series of setbacks.

bluebird stockholders to receive $3.00 per share in cash and a contingent value right of $6.84 per share in cash payable upon achievement of a net sales ...