RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Aug. 23, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCRX) announced today that executives from the Company
are scheduled to provide a corporate summary and update regarding the Company’s clinical programs at the following investor
conferences:
- The Robert W. Baird’s 2017 Global Healthcare Conference in New York on September 6, 2017 at 7:55 a.m. Eastern Time
- The Ladenburg Thalmann 2017 Healthcare Conference in New York on September 26, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time
- The Cantor Fitzgerald Global Healthcare Conference in New York on September 27, 2017 at 3:25 p.m. Eastern Time
Links to a live audio webcast and replay of the presentation may be accessed on the BioCryst website events page
at http://investor.shareholder.com/biocryst/events.cfm.
About BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals designs, optimizes and develops novel small molecule drugs that block key enzymes
involved in rare diseases. BioCryst has several ongoing development programs: BCX7353 and other second generation oral inhibitors
of plasma kallikrein for hereditary angioedema, and galidesivir, a broad spectrum viral RNA polymerase inhibitor that is a
potential treatment for filoviruses. RAPIVAB® (peramivir injection), a viral neuraminidase inhibitor for the treatment
of influenza, is BioCryst's first approved product and has received regulatory approval in the U.S., Canada, Japan, Taiwan and
Korea. Post-marketing commitment development activities for RAPIVAB are ongoing, as well as activities to support regulatory
approvals in other territories. For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.BioCryst.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding future results and
achievements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results,
performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied
by the forward-looking statements. Please refer to the documents BioCryst files periodically with the SEC and located at http://investor.shareholder.com/biocryst/sec.cfm.
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CONTACT: Thomas Staab, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, +1-919-859-7910