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Operator Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the BioCryst fourth-quarter 2020 earnings call. [Operator instructions] Please be advised at today's conference is being recorded. [Operator instructions] I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Mr. John Bluth, with BioCryst. You may begin. Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications Thanks, Daphne. Good morning, and welcome to BioCryst's fourth-quarter 2020 corporate update and financial results conference call. Today's press release is available on our website. Par...

The Australian dollar is trading at around a near three-year high of about US77.5 cents, even nudging reaching US80 cents last week, as world markets shrug off the dire economic impact of COVID-19 and the local currency follows commodity prices higher. In Australia, an economic recovery is under way. Consumer spending has risen as COVID restrictions have been eased and the unemployment rate has fallen from its 2020 highs. Business and consumer confidence have lifted and commodity prices, iron ore in particular, have soared. Along with a generally weakening US dollar, this has helped push the ...