While revenue reflects how well a company’s products are selling, profit is the financial metric that really matters. It tells investors how efficiently a company is managed and how healthy the business is overall. We’ve taken a look at these bottom line figures and compiled a list of the top 10 most profitable pharma companies. But that's not all. The FDA advisory committee meeting met last Thursday and Friday, and the stakes were high. Bluebird bio came away on top. The committee endorsed two of its gene therapy candidates. Lastly, we’re all celebrating here at Fierce because our team’s faces are plastered on billboards at BIO International Convention. And we sent one shoe-leather reporter on a wild goose chase to find them. 

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