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Molecular Templates

Ladenburg starts Molecular Templates at buy

Ladenburg Thalmann initiated coverage of Molecular Templates (NASDAQ:MTEM) with a “buy” rating and $10.00 price target. The stock closed at $5.50 on August 2. “We believe the company’s Engineered Toxin Bodies (ETBs)...

STAAR Surgical

Canaccord ups STAAR price target to $11

Canaccord Genuity raised its price target for STAAR Surgical (NASDAQ:STAA) to $11 from $9 following the company’s second quarter results. The stock closed at $10.55 on August 2. Analyst Jason Mills, who said he was...

Apollo Endosurgery

Roth starts Apollo at buy

Roth Capital Partners initiated coverage of Apollo Endosurgery (NASDAQ:APEN) with a “buy” rating and target price of $10. The stock closed at $6.21 on August 2. “We believe Apollo is an attractive ‘masked growth’ Med...

IRadimed

Roth ups iRadimed to buy

Roth Capital Partners upgraded iRadimed (NASDAQ:IRMD) to “buy” from “neutral” and raised its price target to $12 from $9 after the company reported second quarter results. The stock closed at $9.80 on July 31. iRadimed...

AxoGen

Leerink starts Axogen at OP

Leerink launched coverage of Axogen (NASDAQ:AXGN) with an “outperform” rating and $22 price target. The stock closed at $15.10 on July 28. “We see Axogen as a unique and sustainable high-growth company, with a unique...

Intellipharmaceutics

Mackie cuts Intellipharmaceutics to sell

Mackie Research Capital downgraded Intellipharmaceutics International (NASDAQ, TSX:IPCI) to “sell” from “speculative buy” and slashed its price target to $1 from $6 after a FDA advisory committee voted 22-1 against...

Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals

Stifel ups Tetraphase to buy

Stifel upgraded Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:TTPH) to “buy” from “hold” and raised its price target to $15 from $8 after the company reported positive top-line results of the IGNITE4 clinical trial evaluating its...

Pharming Group

HCW starts Pharming at buy

H.C. Wainwright launched coverage of  Pharming Group NV (AEX:PHARM) with a “buy” rating and €1.50 price target. The stock was recently quoted at €0.45. Pharming is focused on the development of protein therapeutics for...

Evotec

Roth ups Evotec price target to €16

Roth Capital Partners raised its price target for “buy-rated” Evotec AG (FSE:EVT) to €16 from €5.50, reflecting a review of the company’s partnered pipeline assets. The stock was recently quoted at €11.66. Analyst...

AzurRx BioPharma

HCW starts AzurRx at buy

H.C. Wainwright initiated coverage of AzurRx BioPharma (NASDAQ:AZRX) with a “buy” rating and $8 price target. The stock closed at $4.11 on July 24. AzurRx is developing a novel recombinantly produced pancreatic lipase...