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Gracell Biotechnologies

Cantor starts Gracell Biotechnologies at OW; PT $20

Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage of Gracell Biotechnologies (NASDAQ:GRCL) with an “overweight” rating and $20 price target. The stock closed at $3.29 on May 31. Gracell is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company...

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BTIG starts NexImmune at buy; PT $5

BTIG initiated coverage of NexImmune (NASDAQ:NEXI) with a “buy” rating and price target of $5. The stock closed at $2.28 on May 31. NexImmune exploits signals naturally provided by dendritic cells (DCs) to activate...

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SVB Securities starts PepGen at OP; PT $40

SVB Securities launched coverage of PepGen (NASDAQ:PEPG) with an “outperform” rating and $40 price target. The stock closed at $10.88 on May 27. PepGen is a clinical-stage biotech advancing its enhanced delivery...

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BTIG starts Liquidia at buy; PT $14 

BTIG initiated coverage of Liquidia (NASDAQ:LQDA) with a “buy” rating and $14 price target. The stock closed at $4.07 on May 27. Analyst Julian Harrison writes that Liquidia has brought its lead candidate, YUTREPIA, to...

SVB cuts Avadel Pharma PT to $6 from $18

SVB Securities slashed the price target of Avadel Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AVDL) to $6 from $18, but maintained an “overweight” rating, after the FDA delayed full approval of FT-218 because of a patent issue.  Shares of...

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Maxim reduces PTs in challenging biotech market

Maxim Group analyst Jason McCarthy, Ph.D., reduced price targets for 13 stocks in his coverage universe, citing macroeconomic winds and a significant decline in stock prices, particularly for small-cap biotech stocks...

Pliant Therapeutics

Cantor starts Pliant Therapeutics at OW; PT $12

Cantor Fitzgerald launched coverage of Pliant Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PLRX) with an “overweight” rating and 12-month price target of $12. The stock closed at $4.93 on May 24. Pliant is developing novel therapies for...

Cantor starts Lyra Therapeutics at OW; PT $15

Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage of Lyra Therapeutics (NASDAQ:LYRA) with an “overweight” rating and price target of $15. The stock closed at $6.07 on May 23. Lyra is a clinical-stage company developing medicines...

HilleVax

Analysts start HilleVax at buy, outperform

Analysts for Stifel and SVB Securities initiated coverage of HilleVax (NASDAQ:HLVX) with “buy” and “outperform” ratings, and price targets of $34 and $30, respectively. The stock closed at $9.50 on May 23. The company’s...

Humacyte

Piper cuts Humacyte to underweight; PT to $4 from $10

Piper Sandler downgraded Humacyte (NASDAQ:HUMA) to “underweight” from “overweight” and reduced its price target to $4 from $10, citing the sizable stock pullback in the sector. The stock closed at $5.37 on May 13. The...