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Brookline starts SCYNEXIS at buy; PT $5

Brookline Capital Markets launched coverage of SCYNEXIS (NASDAQ:SCYX) with a “buy” rating and $5 price target. The stock closed at $1.07 on Aug. 19. Analyst Kumaraguru Raja writes that SCYNEXIS’ lead product candidate...

HCW starts Entasis Therapeutics at buy; PT $18

H.C. Wainwright initiated coverage of Entasis Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ETTX) with a “buy” rating and $18 price target. The stock closed at $8.25 on Aug. 16. Spun out of AstraZeneca in 2015, Entasis is focused on novel...

SVB Leerink starts Myovant Sciences at OP; PT $26

SVB Leerink initiated coverage of Myovant Sciences (NYSE:MYOV) with an “outperform” rating and $26 price target. The stock closed at $7 on Aug. 16. “Myovant’s lead product, relugolix, is poised to become the second...

Dawson James starts BeyondSpring at buy; PT $39

Dawson James Securities initiated coverage of BeyondSpring (NASDAQ:BYSI) with a “buy” rating and price target of $39. The stock closed at $16.21 on Aug. 15. “BeyondSpring’s [flagship molecule] Plinabulin is well...

Brookline starts Vaxart at buy; PT $6

Brookline Capital Markets launched coverage of Vaxart (NASDAQ:VXRT) with a “buy’ rating and $6 price target. The stock closed at 66 cents on Aug. 14. Vaxart is focused on oral, recombinant vaccines that are expected to...

HCW ups Cesca Therapeutics PT to $6.50 from $1

H.C. Wainwright raised its price target for Cesca Therapeutics (NASDAQ:KOOL) to $6.50 from $1 after the company’s second quarter revenue beat consensus. The stock closed at $3 on Aug. 13. Cesca develops and markets...

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HCW starts Mustang Bio at buy; PT $7

H.C. Wainwright initiated coverage of Mustang Bio (NASDAQ:MBIO) with a “buy” rating and $7 price target. The stock closed at $2.89 on Aug. 12. Analyst Joseph Pantginis writes that Mustang is developing multiple novel...

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Piper cuts Ra Medical to neutral; PT to $1.50 from $9

Piper Jaffray downgraded Ra Medical Systems (NASDAQ:RMED) to “neutral” from “overweight” and slashed its price target to $1.50 from $9 after the company disclosed several operating issues in its preliminary second...