RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Dec. 15, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCRX ) today announced the dosing of the first subject in a randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 1 clinical trial to evaluate intramuscular (I.M.) administration of BCX4430 in healthy volunteers. BCX4430 is being developed as a potential treatment for hemorrhagic fever viruses, including Ebola virus and Marburg virus disease.
The main goals of this first-in-human study are to evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of escalating doses of BCX4430 administered via I.M. injection in healthy subjects. In part one of the study, subjects will receive a single dose of BCX4430; in part two of the study, subjects will receive BCX4430 for seven days. Up to six single-dose cohorts and four multiple-dose cohorts will be evaluated, with a total of up to 88 volunteers participating. Study details are available on www.clinicaltrials.gov .
This project is funded with Federal funds from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHSN272201300017C.
About BCX4430
BCX4430 is an RNA dependent-RNA polymerase inhibitor that has demonstrated broad-spectrum activity in vitro against more than 20 RNA viruses in nine different families, including filoviruses, togaviruses, bunyaviruses, arenaviruses, paramyxoviruses, coronaviruses and flaviviruses. BioCryst is developing BCX4430 in collaboration with U.S. Government Agencies.
About BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals designs, optimizes and develops novel small molecule drugs that block key enzymes involved in rare diseases. BioCryst currently has several ongoing development programs: oral inhibitors of plasma kallikrein for hereditary angioedema, including BCX4161 and several second generation compounds; RAPIVAB TM (peramivir injection), a viral neuraminidase inhibitor for the treatment of influenza, and BCX4430 , a broad spectrum viral RNA polymerase inhibitor. For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.BioCryst.com .
Forward-Looking Statements
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Robert Bennett, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, +1-919-859-7910
