BioCryst to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Feb. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCRX) today announced that the company plans to present at the following conferences:
TD Cowen 45th Annual Health Care Conference in Boston on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at 9:10 a.m. ET.
Barclays 27th Annual Global Healthcare Conference in Miami on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. ET.
Links to the live audio webcasts and replays of the presentations may be accessed in the Investors & Media section of BioCryst's website at http://www.biocryst.com.
About BioCryst Pharmaceuticals BioCryst Pharmaceuticals is a global biotechnology company with a deep commitment to improving the lives of people living with complement-mediated and other rare diseases. BioCryst leverages its expertise in structure-guided drug design to develop first-in-class or best-in-class small-molecule and protein therapeutics to target difficult-to-treat diseases. BioCryst has commercialized ORLADEYO® (berotralstat), the first oral, once-daily plasma kallikrein inhibitor, and is advancing a pipeline of small-molecule and protein therapies. For more information, please visit www.biocryst.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
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