Edgar Filing: BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS INC

Dated: July 9, 2012

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

/s/ Alane Barnes

Alane Barnes

General Counsel, Corporate Secretary

Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

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 (Date of earliest event reported): July 9, 2012

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 No.)

4505 Emperor Blvd., Suite 200

Durham, North Carolina 27703

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(919) 859-1302

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 30, 2012, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) received notification from the United States Adopted Names Counsel (“USANC”) that the name “ulodesine” had been accepted as a United States Adopted Name (“USAN”). The Company intends to use the USAN ulodesine going forward for its Phase-3-ready gout treatment previously known as BCX4208. After August 1, 2012, the USAN information on ulodesine will be scheduled for posting on the USANC website (available at http://www.ama-assn.org/go/usan). At the same time, the USAN information on ulodesine will be submitted to the United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc. for publication in the USP Dictionary of USAN and International Drug Names.

The information in this report is furnished and is not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is not subject to the liabilities of that section and is not deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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.