BioCryst

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BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:BDRX) is a pharmaceutical research company founded in 1986 in Birmingham as a spin-off of UAB research. It went public in 1994 and moved its headquarters to Raleigh, North Carolina in 2010. It maintains a 35,000 square-foot "Discovery Research Center and Laboratory Center of Excellence" with approximately 60 employees in Birmingham. The center is headed by chief discovery officer Yarlagadda Babu.

Formerly headquartered at 2190 Parkway Lake Drive, BioCryst develops and manufactures various types of prescription drugs. Its two most well-known products include the influenza drug Peramivir, a treatment of T-cell mediated disorders called BCX-1777 and another treatment for T-cell mediated autoimmune diseases called BCX-4208.

BioCryst merged with Idera Pharmaceuticals of Exton, Pennsylvania in 2018.

Chief executives

Products

BioCryst has developed several drug treatments:

  • Fodosine IV, for treatment of T-cell leukemia (Phase II/IIb)
  • Fodosine Oral, for treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (Phase I/II)
  • Fodosine Oral, for treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (Phase I/II)
  • Fodosine IV, for treatment of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Phase I/II)
  • BCX-4208 Oral, for treatment of autoimmune diseases/transplantation (Phase I)
  • Peramivir IV/IM, for treatment of seasonal/life-threatening influenza (Phase I)
  • BCX-4208 Oral, for treatment of Hepatitis C
  • Orladeyo, for prevention of recurrent hereditary angioedema attacks (approved by FDA and European Medicines Agency)

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