H.C. Wainwright upgraded aTyr Pharma (NASDAQ:LIFE) to “buy” from “neutral” with a $13 price target, citing a “positive shift” at the company ahead of anticipated news flow. The stock closed at $3.81 on Aug. 14. Analyst...
Alliance Global Partners raised its price target for Itamar Medical (NASDAQ:ITMR) to $28 from $22.75 after the company’s second quarter results beat expectations. However, the stock closed at $22.02, down $3.84, on Aug...
BTIG upgraded Sensenonics Holdings (NYSE American:SENS) to “buy” from “neutral” with a price target of $1, citing a commercial collaboration with Ascensia Diabetes Care, a financing agreement with Ascensia’s parent, PHC...
William Blair initiated coverage of Beam Therapeutics (NASDAQ:BEAM) with an “outperform” rating and $33 fair value estimate. The stock closed at $19.01 on Aug. 4. Beam is focused on base editing, a next-generation gene...
William Blair launched coverage of Poseida Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PSTX) with an “outperform” rating and fair value estimate of $39. The stock closed at $12.98 on Aug. 3. “In our view, Poseida’s broad suite of platform...
H.C. Wainwright initiated coverage of Lumos Pharma (NASDAQ:LUMO) with a “buy” rating and $33 price target. The stock closed at $13.80 on Aug. 3. Analyst Edward White writes that the company’s LUM-201 drug candidate is...
Stifel launched coverage of Nkarta (NASDAQ:NKTX) with a “buy” rating and 12-month target price of $41. The stock closed at $26.58 on Aug. 3. Nkarta is focused on the discovery, development, and potential...
Stifel initiated coverage of Geron (NASDAQ:GERN) with a “buy” rating and $3 price target. The stock closed at $1.59 on July 31. Geron is focused on the development and potential commercialization of a single product...
Raymond James downgraded Cardiol Therapeutics (TSX:CRDL) to “market perform 3” from “outperform 2” and reduced its price target to $3.50 (Canadian) from $4.50, citing continued delays in the commercial launch of...
Maxim Group raised its price target for Onconova Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ONTX) to $3 from $1.25 after the company announced that the required number of survival events for the pivotal Phase 3 INSPIRE study of IV rigosertib...