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Natera

Canaccord starts Natera at buy

Canaccord Genuity initiated coverage of Natera (NASDAQ:NTRA) with a “buy” rating and $18 price target. The stock is changing hands at $11.66 in afternoon trading on Jan. 6. Natera is the market leader in the $2.5...

Calithera Biosciences

HCW starts Calithera Biosciences at buy

H.C. Wainwright initiated coverage of Calithera Biosciences (NASDAQ:CALA) with a “buy” rating and $9 price target. The stock closed at $3.95 on Jan. 5. Calithera is developing oral drugs that target feeding of cancer...

Achaogen

Leerink starts Achaogen at outperform

Leerink initiated coverage of Achaogen (NASDAQ:AKAO) with an “outperform” rating and $21 price target. The shares were changing hands at $13.90 in afternoon trading on Jan. 4. Achaogen is developing lead product...

Codexis

Ladenburg upgrades Codexis to buy

Ladenburg Thalmann upgraded Codexis (NASDAQ:CDXS) to “buy” from “neutral” with a new price target of $6.25. The shares were quoted at $4.65 in afternoon trading on Jan. 4. Analyst Kevin DeGeeter cited growing confidence...

3D Signatures

3DS begins trading on OTCQB and FSE

Common shares of 3D Signatures (TSX-V:DXD) have started trading on the OTCQB Venture Market in the U.S. under the symbol, TDSGF, and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE) in Germany under the symbol, 3D0. 3D Signatures...

Intra Cellular Therapies

BTIG starts Intra-Cellular Therapies at buy

BTIG launched coverage of Intra-Cellular Therapies (NASDAQ:ITCI) with a “buy” rating and $44 price target, saying there is considerable promise for the company’s antipsychotic, ITI-007, in multiple indications. The...

Catabasis Pharma

HCW starts Catabasis Pharma at buy

H.C. Wainwright initiated coverage of Catabasis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CATB) with a “buy” rating and $14 price target. The stock closed at $3.59 on Dec. 21. “The SMART Linker technology is key to our investment...

CoLucid Pharmaceuticals

BTIG starts CoLucid Pharma at buy

BTIG initiated coverage of CoLucid Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CLCD) with a “buy” rating and $58 price target, calling the company’s Lasmiditan drug candidate a game changer in acute migraine. The stock closed at $36.16 on...

Cellectar Biosciences

Ladenburg starts Cellectar Biosciences at buy

Ladenburg Thalmann launched coverage of Cellectar Biosciences (NASDAQ:CLRB) with a “buy” rating and $2.70 price target. The stock closed at $1.24 on Dec. 20. Cellectar is focused on development of phospholipid-ether...

IRIDEX

Roth starts IRIDEX at buy

Roth Capital Partners initiated coverage of IRIDEX (NASDAQ:IRIX) with a “buy” rating and $20 price target. The stock closed at $13.22 on Dec. 20. Iridex is an ophthalmic medical device company focused on development and...