BioCryst Reports Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2012 Financial Results

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCRX) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012.

“Our team is focused on achieving near-term milestones to rebuild shareholder value. Our primary goal is to advance our potentially ground-breaking oral kallikrein inhibitors for hereditary angioedema. Phase 1 clinical trials for the lead compound, BCX4161, are scheduled to begin in the next few months and we are finalizing lead optimization for our second generation compound,” said Jon P. Stonehouse, President & Chief Executive Officer. “Furthermore, we are advancing BCX4430, a broad spectrum antiviral that could fill an important gap in the U.S. Government’s medical countermeasure stockpile. Based on BCX4430’s efficacy in treating various hemorrhagic fever viruses in animals, this compound could satisfy this important unmet need.”

Fourth Quarter Financial Results

For the three months ended December 31, 2012, revenues decreased to $4.1 million, from $5.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. This decrease resulted primarily from a reduction in collaboration revenue from a contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (BARDA/HHS), for the development of peramivir.

Research and development (R&D) expenses for the fourth quarter of 2012 decreased to $11.1 million from $14.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. In 2012, lower development costs associated with the peramivir and ulodesine programs were partially offset by higher development costs associated with the preclinical BCX5191 and BCX4161 programs.

General and administrative (G&A) expenses for the fourth quarter of 2012 decreased to $1.9 million compared to $2.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, largely due to reductions in administrative expenses during 2012 associated with the continued realization of cost containment measures and the Company’s restructuring of its operations. Fourth quarter 2012 expenses included a $1.8 million charge related to the corporate restructuring announced in December 2012.

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