SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report: March 15, 2005

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

 

000-23186

 

62-1413174

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification #)

2190 Parkway Lake Drive, Birmingham, Alabama 35244
(Address of Principal Executive Office)

(205) 444-4600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)



Item 8.01 Other Events.

          On March 15, 2005, Registrant issued a press release announcing the successful completion of a Phase I clinical trial with oral BCX-4208 for psoriasis. The press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

          Neither the furnishing of any press release as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K nor the inclusion in such press release of a reference to Registrant’s Internet address shall, under any circumstances, be deemed to incorporate the information available at such Internet address into this Current Report on Form 8-K.  The information available at Registrant’s Internet address is not part of this Current Report on Form 8-K or any other report filed by Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 9.01 Exhibits.

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

99.1

 

Press release dated March 15, 2005 entitled “BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Successfully Completes Phase I Trial with Oral BCX-4208 for Psoriasis”.

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SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: March 15, 2005

 

BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ MICHAEL A. DARWIN

 

 

 

 

Michael A. Darwin
Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Accounting Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Item

 

Description

 

99.1

 

Press release dated March 15, 2005 entitled “BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Successfully Completes Phase I Trial with Oral BCX-4208 for Psoriasis”.

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