Why BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Stock Slid Today

 BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: BCRX) attracted the wrong kind of attention Wednesday with its latest quarterly results. By the end of the trading session, the stock had fallen by nearly 6%.

For the fourth quarter, BioCryst brought in net revenue of $47.2 million, nearly 12 times the $4.0 million it booked in the prior-year period. What made the difference was Orladeyo, a drug targeting hereditary angioedema (HAE) that was approved in December 2020. Orladeyo was responsible for $46.2 million of the company's net revenue last quarter.

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