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BioCryst Receives NIH Grant to Develop Hepatitis C Inhibitors.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 08-JUL-03
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that is has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Advanced Technology Grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a unit of The National Institutes of Health (NIH). The $600,000 grant entitled "Optimizing Hepatitis C virus NS5B Polymerase Inhibitors" supports BioCryst's efforts to develop its pre-clinical product candidates for the treatment of hepatitis C. BioCryst will be awarded $300,000 in the first year of the grant, and an additional $300,000 the second year.

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BioCryst's research has been directed toward the design, evaluation and synthesis of novel active site-directed inhibitors of hepatitis C polymerase, an enzyme necessary for the hepatitis C virus to replicate itself, in collaboration with Emory University...

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