BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops oral small-molecule and injectable protein therapeutics to treat rare diseases. The company markets peramivir injection, an intravenous neuraminidase inhibitor for the treatment of acute uncomplicated influenza under the RAPIVAB, RAPIACTA, and PERAMIFLU names; and ORLADEYO, an oral serine protease inhibitor to treat hereditary angioedema. It is also developing BCX17725, a protein therapeutic for netherton syndrome which is in phase 1; Avoralstat, an ocular plasma kallikrein inhibitor for diabetic macular edema that is in preclinical phase; and BCX10013, an oral Factor D inhibitor for complement-mediated diseases, as well as developing Oral C5 Inhibitor and Oral C2 Inhibitor. The company has collaborations and in-license relationships with the Torii Pharmaceutical Co., Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Green Cross Corporation; 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. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.
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Biohaven Ltd. discovers, develops, and commercializes therapies for immunology, neuroscience, and oncology worldwide. The company develops troriluzole, which is in Phase 3 trial for the treatment of neurological and neuropsychiatric illnesses; taldefgrobep alfa, which is in Phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy and obesity; BHV-7000, a candidate in Phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of focal and generalized epilepsy, and major depressive disorder; BHV-2100 that is in Phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of migraines and pain disorders; BHV-1510, which is in Phase ½ trial that targets advanced or metastatic epithelial tumors; and BHV-8000, a product candidate that completed Phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis, as well as prevention of amyloid-related imaging abnormalities. It is also developing BHV-1300, which in Phase 1 clinical trial to treat Graves' disease and rheumatoid arthritis; BHV-1400 that is in Phase 1 trial for IgA nephropathy; BHV-1100, which is in Phase 1 trial for multiple myeloma patients; BHV-1600, which is in Phase 1 trial for the treatment of peripartum cardiomyopathy; BHV-1310 that is in preclinical trial for the treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis and other acute exacerbations or flares; BHV-1530, which is in preclinical trial to treat urothelial cancer; BHV-1500 that is in preclinical trial for Hodgkin's lymphoma; and BHV-5500 that blocks glutamate signaling mediated by post-synaptic NMDA receptors. The company has strategic partnerships with Merus N.V., GeneQuantum Healthcare (Suzhou) Co. Ltd., Aimed Bio, Inc., Yale University, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Bristol Meyers Squibb, and Hangzhou Highlightll Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Biohaven Ltd. was formerly known as Biohaven Research Ltd. and changed its name to Biohaven Ltd. in September 2022. Biohaven Ltd. was incorporated in 2022 and is headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut.
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