H.C. Wainwright launched coverage of Stoke Therapeutics (NASDAQ:STOK) with a “buy” rating and price target of $30. The stock closed at $22.86. Analyst Debjit Chattopadhyay writes that Stoke is advancing an antisense...
Maxim Group upgraded Titan Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:TTNP) to “buy” from “hold,” establishing a $1 price target as the company has raised capital and removed a financing overhang. The stock was quoted at 20 cents in...
Mackie Research Capital upgraded Knight Therapeutics (TSX:GUD) to “buy” from “hold” and raised its price target to $10.80 from $8.20 after Knight’s planned acquisition of Grupo Biotoscana for $369-million (Canadian)...
Stifel initiated coverage of Senseonics Holdings (NYSE American:SENS) with a “buy” rating and $2 price target. The stock closed at 95 cents on Oct. 22. Senseonics is an emerging company with a long-duration, implantable...
SVB Leerink upgraded Aclaris Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ACRS) to “outperform” from “market perform” and raised its price target to $3.50 from $1.50, citing a new focus at the company. The stock closed at $1.41 on Oct. 21...
H.C. Wainwright initiated coverage of Dynavax Technologies (NASDAQ:DVAX) with a “buy” rating and $13 price target based on an outlook for the sales growth of the company’s marketed hepatitis B vaccine, Heplisav-B. The...
Dawson James Securities launched coverage of Dyadic International (NASDAQ:DYAI) with a “buy” rating and $14 price target. The stock closed at $6.66 on Oct. 15. Dyadic has been developing a gene expression platform over...
Stifel launched coverage of IGM Biosciences (NASDAQ:IGMS) with a “buy” rating and $32 price target. The stock closed at $17.25 on Oct. 11. “We believe the company’s first/only-in-class, IgM-based antibody platform...
William Blair initiated coverage of Exagen (NASDAQ:XGN) with an “outperform” rating based on an outlook for business trends, potential upside to revenue estimates, and its relative valuation to comparable diagnostic...
H.C. Wainwright launched coverage of Aravive (NASDAQ:ARAV) with a “buy” rating and $18 price target. The stock closed at $6.38 on Oct. 9. The company’s lead asset is AVB-500, an anti-GAS6 selective decoy, used to...