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: August 3, 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 August 3, 2005, the Company issued a news release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 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 August 3, 2005 entitled “BioCryst Reports Second 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: August 3, 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 August 3, 2005 entitled “BioCryst Reports Second Quarter 2005 Financial Results”