BioCryst to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., May 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. BCRX today announced that the company will present at the Bank of America 2020 Healthcare Conference on Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. ET and the 2020 RBC Capital Markets Global Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 3:40 p.m. ET. Both are being conducted as virtual conferences.

About BioCryst Pharmaceuticals 

Links to a live audio webcast and replay of these presentations may be accessed in the Investors section of BioCryst's website at http://www.biocryst.com.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals discovers novel, oral, small-molecule medicines that treat rare diseases in which significant unmet medical needs exist and an enzyme plays a key role in the biological pathway of the disease. BioCryst has several ongoing development programs including berotralstat (BCX7353), an oral treatment for hereditary angioedema, BCX9930, an oral Factor D inhibitor for the treatment of complement-mediated diseases, galidesivir, a potential treatment for COVID-19, Marburg virus disease and Yellow Fever, and BCX9250, an ALK-2 inhibitor for the treatment of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. 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, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and the European Union. Post-marketing commitments for RAPIVAB are ongoing. For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.BioCryst.com.

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