William Blair downgraded Acutus Medical (NASDAQ:AFIB) to “market perform,” saying “early-stage growing pains lead to lower than expected guidance.” The stock closed at $16.83, down $2.23, on March 18. Analyst Margaret...
SVB Leerink launched coverage of Merus NV (NASDAQ:MRUS) with an “outperform” rating and $33 price target. The stock closed at $22.04 on March 15. Merus is focused on developing novel bispecific and trispecific...
Maxim Group initiated coverage of Oncorus (NASDAQ:ONCR) with a “buy” rating and price target of $35. The stock closed at $16.39 on March 15. Oncorus is developing oncolytic viral (OV) immunotherapies for solid tumors...
SVB Leerink upgraded Solid Biosciences (NASDAQ:SLDB) to “outperform” from “market perform” and raised its price target to $15 from $3, citing the first functional data for the company’s microdystrophin gene...
Canaccord Genuity raised its price target for TransMedics Group (NASDAQ:TMDX) to $79 from $46, saying the company has the “technology that will become the standard of care for organ transplant and in the process...
BTIG initiated coverage of Seelos Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SEEL) with a “buy” rating and $14 price target. The stock closed at $3.04 on March 11. Seelos’ lead clinical candidate, SLS-002, is an intranasally delivered...
William Blair upgraded Selecta Biosciences (NASDAQ:SELB) to “outperform,” citing multiple upcoming positive risk/reward catalysts for the company. The stock closed at $3.90 on March 11. The company’s ImmTOR platform...
SVB Leerink launched coverage of Aldeyra Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ALDX) with an “outperform” rating and $22 price target. The stock closed at $12.07 on March 11. Two of the company’s lead investigational compounds...
Maxim Group raised its price target for Entera Bio (NASDAQ:ENTX) to $10 from $5, citing updated data from an ongoing Phase 2 trial of oral parathyroid hormone candidate, EB613, in osteoporosis. At midday on March 11...
Maxim Group launched coverage of MediciNova (NASDAQ:MNOV) with a “buy” rating and $15 price target. The stock closed at $5.68 on March 9. MediciNova is developing MN-166 for neurodegenerative diseases, glioblastoma...