Health & Fitness
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Health and Fitness 
Thu, September 9, 2010
Wed, September 8, 2010
BioCryst to Host & Webcast Investor Day on September 16, 2010
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCRX) today announced that it will host and webcast its Investor Day in New York City on Thursday, September 16, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Eastern Time. BioCrysta™s management team will provide a comprehensive overview of BioCrysta™s strategy and clinical programs as well as the Companya™s drug discovery capabilities, financial position and other topics.
Links to a live audio webcast and replay of the presentation may be accessed on the BioCryst Web site at [ www.biocryst.com ].
About BioCryst
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals designs, optimizes and develops novel small-molecule pharmaceuticals that block key enzymes involved in infectious diseases, cancer and inflammatory diseases. BioCryst has progressed two novel compounds that are in late-stage pivotal clinical trials; peramivir, an anti-viral for influenza, and forodesine, a purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) inhibitor forcutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). Additionally, BioCryst has a third product candidate, BCX4208a"a next generation PNP inhibitora"in mid-stage trials for the treatment of gout. Utilizing crystallography and structure-based drug design, BioCryst continues to discover additional compounds and to progress others through pre-clinical and early development to address the unmet medical needs of patients and physicians. For more information please visit BioCrysta™s Web site 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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