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BioCryst halts enrollment in all studies for its lead pipeline candidate — shares crash

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  • cafead   Apr 08, 2022 at 11:02: AM
via BioCryst is taking a beating Friday morning after reporting it would pause enrollment in three studies for its lead pipeline program.

In a terse statement put out right before the market opened, the Durham, NC-based biotech said it discovered elevated serum creatinine levels in some patients, and will halt recruitment while it investigates. Elevated creatine levels can be a sign of kidney dysfunction.

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