BioCryst out-licenses Rapivab to CSL Limited

17 June 2015

USA-based BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: BCRX) has licensed Rapivab (peramivir injection) for the treatment of influenza to Australia’s CSL Limited (ASX: CSL).

Rapivab is an intravenous treatment indicated in the USA for acute uncomplicated influenza in adults 18 years and older. It is also currently licensed for use in Japan and Korea, and is the first and only approved intravenous influenza treatment in the world, according to BioCryst.

Rapivab will be commercialized by CSL's subsidiary bioCSL, which specializes in influenza prevention through the supply of seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine to global markets.

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