BioCryst Pharmaceutical Inc. (BCRX)

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers novel, oral, and small-molecule medicines. The company markets peramivir injection, an intravenous neuraminidase inhibitor for the treatment of acute uncomplicated influenza under the RAPIVAB, RAPIACTA, and PERAMIFLU names. It is also developing BCX9930, an oral factor D inhibitor, which is in Phase II clinical trial for complement-mediated diseases. Galidesivir, a RNA dependent-RNA polymerase inhibitor, is in clinical trial to treat various RNA viruses, including Marburg, Yellow Fever, Ebola,