POWER OF ATTORNEY
August 29, 2021

      	The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Alane P.
Barnes, Michael L. Jones, and Jessica L. Dickerson, the Chief Legal
Officer, the Executive Director, Finance & Principal Accounting Officer,
and the Securities Counsel, respectively, of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(the ?Company?), signing singly and not jointly, with full power of
substitution, as the undersigned?s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned?s behalf,
and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the ?SEC?) a
Form ID, including amendments thereto (the ?Form ID?), and any other
documents necessary or appropriate to update the undersigned's EDGAR passphrase
and to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic
filings with the SEC of reports required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the ?Exchange Act?), or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)	prepare, execute in the undersigned?s name and on the undersigned?s behalf,
and submit to the SEC, any and all Forms 3, 4, and 5 (the ?Section 16
Filings?), including amendments thereto, required to be filed under Section
16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder with respect to equity
securities of the Company;

(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute such Form ID and
any Section 16 Filings and to file such Form ID and any Section 16 Filings
with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form
and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

      	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any
of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power
of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming that each such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned hereby authorizes,
approves, and ratifies any and all prior actions taken by such attorneys-in-
fact in connection with the matters contemplated herein.  The undersigned
acknowledges that such attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, do not assume any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation
of the SEC.

      	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file a Form ID, any Section 16 Filings,
or any amendments or changes thereto, with respect to the undersigned?s
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

      	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of the date first written above.

	By:  /s/ Steven Galson
	Name:    Steven Galson