Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock

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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (NASDAQ:BCRX) today announced that it is offering to sell, subject to market and other conditions, shares of its common stock pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement in an underwritten public offering for a total of no more than $20 million in gross proceeds. As part of this offering, BioCryst intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase shares of common stock. All of the shares to be sold in the offering are being sold by BioCryst, with the proceeds to be used for general corporate purposes, including funding clinical development of BCX4161, continued development of second generation hereditary angioedema compounds and pre-commercialization activities relating to intravenous peramivir. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and JMP Securities LLC are acting as joint book-running managers, with Noble Financial Capital Markets acting as co-manager for the proposed offering. The offering is expected to price on July 31, 2013.

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