BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BCRX)

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BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

4505 Emperor Boulevard
Suite 200
Durham, NC 27703
United States
919 859 1302
http://www.biocryst.com

Sector(s): Healthcare
Industry: Biotechnology
Full-time employees: 246

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. Jon P. Stonehouse	CEO, Pres & Exec. Director	1.12M	559.29k	1961
Mr. Anthony J. Doyle	Sr. VP & CFO	649.71k	N/A	N/A
Dr. William P. Sheridan	Chief Medical Officer & Sr. VP	786.97k	N/A	1955
Dr. Yarlagadda S. Babu	Chief Discovery Officer	682.62k	N/A	1953
Dr. Helen M. Thackray FAAP, M.D.	Chief R&D Officer	55k	N/A	1968
Mr. Michael L. Jones	Exec. Director of Fin. & Principal Accounting Officer	N/A	N/A	1970
Mr. John D. Bluth	Sr. VP of Investor Relations & Corp. Communications	N/A	N/A	1973
Ms. Alane P. Barnes	Sr. VP, Chief Legal Officer & Corp. Sec.	N/A	N/A	1966
Mr. Robert C. Stoner	VP of HR	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dr. Elliott T. Berger	Sr. VP of Regulatory Affairs	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of 31 December 2020, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company, discovers oral and small-molecule medicines. The company markets peramivir injection, an intravenous neuraminidase inhibitor for the treatment of acute uncomplicated influenza under the RAPIVAB, RAPIACTA, and PERAMIFLU names; Mundesine, an oral purine nucleoside phosphorylase inhibitor for peripheral T-cell lymphoma; and ORLADEYO, an oral serine protease inhibitor to treat hereditary angioedema. It is also developing BCX9930, an oral factor D inhibitor, which is in Phase I clinical trial for complement-mediated diseases; BCX9250, an oral activin receptor-like kinase-2 inhibitor that is in Phase I clinical trial to treat fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva; and Galidesivir, a RNA dependent-RNA polymerase inhibitor, which is in Phase I clinical trial to treat various RNA viruses, including Marburg, Yellow Fever, Ebola, and Zika. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has collaborations and in-license relationships with the Torii Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Seqirus UK Limited; Shionogi & Co., Ltd.; Green Cross Corporation; Mundipharma International Holdings Limited; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority; the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and The University of Alabama at Birmingham, as well as Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Industrial Research, Ltd. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

Corporate governance

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 26 September 2021 is 6. The pillar scores are Audit: 8; Board: 4; Shareholder rights: 8; Compensation: 6.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.