BioCryst to Present at the 36th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK,  N.C., Jan. 03, 2018 -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCRX) announced today that executives from the Company are scheduled to provide a corporate summary and update regarding the Company’s clinical programs at the 36^th annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time.

Links to a live audio webcast and replay of the presentation may be accessed on the BioCryst website events page at http://investor.shareholder.com/biocryst/events.cfm.

About BioCryst Pharmaceuticals

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals designs, optimizes and develops novel small-molecule medicines that address both common and rare conditions. BioCryst has several ongoing development programs including an oral product candidate for hereditary angioedema, and galidesivir, a potential treatment for filoviruses. RAPIVAB^® (peramivir injection), a viral neuraminidase inhibitor for the treatment of influenza, is BioCryst's first approved product and has received regulatory approval in the U.S., Canada, Japan, Taiwan and Korea. Post-marketing commitments for RAPIVAB are ongoing, as well as activities to support regulatory approvals in other territories. For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.BioCryst.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding future results and achievements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Please refer to the documents BioCryst files periodically with the SEC and located at http://investor.shareholder.com/biocryst/sec.cfm.

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CONTACT:     Thomas Staab, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, +1-919-859-7910