Announcing the BioCryst Pharmaceuticals financial results for the second quarter of 2016 Jon P. Stonehouse, President & CEO, said:

“We continue to make progress, and have initiated subject screening to start the APeX-1 trial evaluating our once daily oral kallikrein inhibitor BCX7353 to prevent HAE attacks.  Our goal remains to report out initial data by year end for this trial.”

Corporate Update & Outlook:

  • The APeX-1 clinical trial of BCX7353 for prophylaxis of angioedema attacks in patients with HAE has received regulatory approval in Canada and several European countries, and patient screening has commenced. We expect initial data from APeX-1 to be available by year end 2016.
  • A clinical pharmacology study of several dosage formulations of avoralstat is nearing completion. Cohorts of healthy volunteers have received single doses ranging from 200 mg to 2000 mg of avoralstat in tablet or suspension formulations, with no clinically significant adverse events reported. While these dosing formulations have improved total avoralstat exposure (AUC) up to approximately five-fold compared to a 500 mg dose given as soft gel capsules, the plasma concentration-time profile has not met our objectives of twice-daily dosing with drug levels at or above the target range. For that reason, we have decided to stop further development of avoralstat.
  • A phase 1 first-in-human study of the broad-spectrum antiviral drug BCX4430 has been completed. Study drug was administered by i.m. injection to healthy volunteers. Single doses of BCX4430 ranging from 0.3 to 10 mg/kg were administered, and daily doses of 2.5 mg/kg to 10 mg/kg were administered for 7 days. Exposure to BCX4430 was dose-proportional. BCX4430 dosing was generally safe and well-tolerated, and there were no grade 3 or 4 adverse events.
  • On July 5, 2016, BioCryst announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has provided additional funding for efficacy studies of  BCX4430 in non-human primates to further assess effective dose regimens.

(Source: BioCryst)