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Apollo Endosurgery
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Stifel starts Apollo Endosurgery at buy; PT $12

Stifel launched coverage of Apollo Endosurgery (NASDAQ:APEN) with a “buy” rating and $12 price target. The stock closed at $8.59 on Dec. 8. Apollo Endosurgery is a medical technology company focused on design...

December 9, 2021
Bolt-Biotherapeutics
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Stifel cuts Bolt Biotherapeutics PT to $19 from $34

Stifel reduced its price target for Bolt Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ:BOLT) to $19 from $34, but maintained its “buy” rating, after the company presented interim clinical data from an ongoing Phase 1/2 study of BDC-1001, its...

December 6, 2021
NeuroOne
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AGP starts NeuroOne Medical at buy; PT $5.75

Alliance Global Partners launched coverage of NeuroOne Medical Technologies (NASDAQ:NMTC) with a “buy” rating and price target of $5.75. The stock closed at $2.09 on Dec. 2. NeuroOne’s flexible, thin-film...

December 3, 2021
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Cantor cuts AcelRx PT to $4 from $9; maintains OW

Cantor Fitzgerald reduced its price target for AcelRx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACX) to $4 from $9, but maintained its “overweight” rating, citing a revised ramp in Dsuvia sales, as well as recent acquisitions and an...

December 2, 2021
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Brookline starts POINT Biopharma at buy; PT $23

Brookline Capital Markets initiated coverage of POINT Biopharma (NASDAQ:PNT) with a “buy” rating and $23 price target. The stock closed at $8.07 on Nov. 30. POINT is a late-stage clinical oncology company focused on...

December 1, 2021
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Maxim starts Citius Pharma at buy; PT $4

Maxim Group launched coverage of Citius Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CTXR) with a “buy” rating and $4 price target. The stock closed at $1.62 on Nov. 29. Citius is a late-stage company with two “de-risked” Phase 3 assets:...

November 30, 2021
Freeline Therapeutics
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BTIG starts Freeline Therapeutics at buy; PT $10

BTIG launched coverage of Freeline Therapeutics (NASDAQ:FRLN) with a “buy” rating and price target of $10. The stock closed at $2.37 on Nov. 26. Freeline has built a next-generation gene therapy platform based on a...

November 29, 2021
Acurx Pharmaceuticals
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Maxim starts Acurx Pharma at buy; PT $12

Maxim Group initiated coverage of Acurx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACXP) with a “buy” rating and $12 price target. The stock closed at $4.89 on Nov. 26. Acurx is developing ibezapolstat, a member of an emerging new class...

November 29, 2021
Mdx Health
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BTIG starts MDx Health at buy; PT $15

BTIG launched coverage of MDx Health (NASDAQ:MDXH) with a “buy” rating and price target of $15. The stock closed at $9.04 on Nov. 26. MDx Health is a precision diagnostics company that offers a portfolio of...

November 29, 2021
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Raymond James ups Opsens to strong buy; PT $6 (Canadian)

Raymond James upgraded Opsens (TSX:OPS) to “strong buy” from “outperform” with a price target of $6 (Canadian) after the company said its TAVR trial was “very successful.” The stock was quoted at $2.99, down 40 cents...

November 23, 2021
Aura Biosciences
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Analysts start AURA Biosciences at OP, buy

Analysts for SVB Leerink and BTIG initiated coverage of AURA Biosciences (NASDAQ:AURA) with “outperform” and “buy” ratings and price targets of $40 and $38, respectively. The stock closed at $19.82 on Nov. 22. AURA is a...

November 23, 2021
Airsculpt Technologies
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SVB Leerink starts Airsculpt at OP; PT $26

SVB Leerink launched coverage of Airsculpt Technologies (NASDAQ:AIRS) with an “outperform” rating and price target of $26. The stock closed at $13.61 on Nov. 22. Airsculpt has created an innovative luxury consumer brand...

November 23, 2021
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Analysts start Sonendo at buy, OW

Analyst for Stifel and Piper Sandler initiated coverage of Sonendo (NYSE:SONX) with “buy” and “overweight” ratings and prices targets of $16 and $17, respectively. The stock closed at $10.55 on Nov. 22. Sonendo is a...

November 23, 2021
Reneo Therapeutics
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Ladenburg starts Reneo Pharma at buy; PT $45

Ladenburg Thalmann initiated coverage of Reneo Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:RPHM) with a “buy” rating and price target of $45. The stock closed at $7.99 on Nov. 19. Reneo’s clinical stage asset, REN001 is in development for...

November 22, 2021
Lensar
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BTIG starts LENSAR at buy; PT $15

BTIG launched coverage of LENSAR (NASDAQ:LNSR) with a “buy” rating and $15 price target. The stock closed at $7.10 on Nov. 19. LENSAR is a small-cap technology play on the fast growing laser cataract surgery market. By...

November 22, 2021
Foghorn Therapeutics
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HCW starts Foghorn Therapeutics at buy; PT $25

H.C. Wainwright initiated coverage of Foghorn Therapeutics (NASDAQ:FHTX) with a “buy” rating and price target of $25. The stock closed at $13.68 on Nov. 19. Foghorn is a leader in the field of chromatin biology. The...

November 22, 2021
Minerva Surgical
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Analysts start Minerva Surgical at OW, OP; PT $17

Piper Sandler and SVB Leerink launched coverage of Minerva Surgical (NASDAQ:UTRS) with “overweight” and “outperform” ratings, respectively, and price targets of $17. The stock closed at $9.62 on Nov. 15. Minerva, which...

November 16, 2021
CytomX
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BTIG starts CytomX Therapeutics at buy; PT $16

BTIG initiated coverage of CytomX Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CTMX) with a “buy” rating and price target of $16. The stock closed at $7.02 on Nov. 12. CytomX is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing...

November 15, 2021