BTIG initiated coverage of Alector (NASDAQ:ALEC) with a “buy” rating and $28 price target. The stock closed at $15.80 on Nov. 20. Alector is focused on the immune system of the brain as a major player in...
H.C. Wainwright launched coverage of Calithera Biosciences (NASDAQ:CALA) with a “buy” rating and $7 price target. The stock closed at $3.38 on Nov. 18. Calithera is developing therapies that target cellular metabolic...
Ladenburg Thalmann downgraded Anchiano Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ANCN) to “neutral” from “buy” without a price target after the company discontinued its Phase 2 Codex program to focus on its preclinical pan-RAS inhibitor...
Maxim Group upgraded SELLAS Life Sciences (NASDAQ:SLS) to “buy” from “hold” with a price target of $12 after the company removed a financing overhang. The stock closed at $6.17 on Nov. 14. SELLAS ended the latest...
SVB Leerink downgraded ResTORbio (NASDAQ:TORC) to “market perform” from “outperform” and slashed its price to $2 from $40 after a failure of first of the company’s two ongoing Phase 3 trials in respiratory infection...
H.C. Wainwright lowered its price target for Leap Therapeutics (NASDAQ:LPTX) to $3.25 from $7.50 after the company decided to re-allocate resources and focus on advancing DKN-01, its anti-Dickkopf-1 antibody, while...
SVB Leerink launched coverage of Genocea Biosciences (NASDAQ:GNCA) with an “outperform” rating and price target of $7. The stock closed at $2.24 on Nov. 14. “Our positive view is based on the promise of Genocea’s ATLAS...
Common shares of Liminal BioSciences (TSX:LMNL; OTCQX:PFSCF) were approved for trading on the Nasdaq Global Market, effective Nov. 18, under the ticker symbol, LMNL. The shares will continue to trade on the Toronto...
Stifel launched coverage on the life sciences and diagnostics sector, saying it sees the collective end market environment as intact heading into 2020, driven by strong spending from drug development companies and...
Alliance Global Partners lowered its price target for Motus GI Holdings (NASDAQ:MOTS) to $3.75 from $6, reflecting a lower sales multiple and reduced estimates after the company’s third quarter report. The stock closed...