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: April 21, 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 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition:

          On April 21, 2005, the Company issued a news release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, which also referenced a conference call to discuss these results and provide an update on the status of the Company’s programs. A copy of the news release is furnished as exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference into Item 9.01 of Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits:

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 


 


 

99.1

 

Press release dated April 21, 2005 entitled “BioCryst Reports First Quarter 2005 Financial Results”


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: April 21, 2005

BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ MICHAEL A. DARWIN

 

 


 

 

Michael A. Darwin

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Chief

 

 

Accounting Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Item

 

Description

 


 


 

99.1

 

Press release dated April 21, 2005 entitled “BioCryst Reports First Quarter 2005 Financial Results”