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                            December 14, 2021

       Alane Barnes
       Chief Legal Officer
       BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
       4505 Emperor Blvd., Suite 200
       Durham, North Carolina 27703

                                                        Re: BioCryst
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
                                                            Form 10-K for the
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020
                                                            Filed March 1, 2021
                                                            File No. 000-23186

       Dear Ms. Barnes:

             We have reviewed your filing and have the following comment. In
our comment, we
       may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand
your disclosure.

              Please respond to this comment within ten business days by
providing the requested
       information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If
you do not believe our
       comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in
your response.

                                                        After reviewing your
response to this comment, we may have additional comments.

       Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020

       Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
       Note 3. Royalty Monetizations, page 64

   1.                                                   We see that you used
level 3 inputs to determine the fair value of the
                                                        ORLADEYO royalty
financing obligation. Please tell us where you provided all of the
                                                        relevant disclosures
required by ASC 820-10-50, including quantitative information about
                                                        the significant
unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement.
 Alane Barnes
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
December 14, 2021
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        We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
action by the staff.

      You may contact Kristin Lochhead at (202) 551-3664 or Brian Cascio,
Accounting
Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3676 if you have questions.



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