Canaccord analyst John Newman maintained a Buy rating and $250 price target on Bluebird Bio, after the company recently released bb 21217 data. Newman has continued positive expectations for the active programs, and for bb2121's clinical progression. He added that "given the previous bb2121 dose response data, we continue to expect strong response data from the ongoing Phase 2 KarMMa trial, the ongoing Phase 1 CRB-401 trial in RRMM, and future Phase 3 trial." The analyst also noted that Bluebird reported cash and marketable securities of ~$2B, which he believes should be able to fund the company to profitability.