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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): March 28, 2014

 

 

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)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):

 

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On March 28, 2014, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) mutually agreed to amend the Agreement dated January 3, 2007 between the Company and HHS (the “Agreement”) to extend the Agreement’s current expiration date of March 31, 2014 for 30 days. The new expiration date is changed to April 30, 2014. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement remain unchanged.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

10.1    Amendment #18 to the Agreement between BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, dated March 28, 2014.


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.

 

Dated: April 3, 2014     BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    By:  

/s/ Alane Barnes

      Alane Barnes
      Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

10.1    Amendment #18 to the Agreement between BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, dated March 28, 2014.