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Clarus-Therapeutics
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Maxim starts Clarus Therapeutics at buy; PT $13

Maxim Group initiated coverage of Clarus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CRXT) with a “buy” rating and $13 price target. The stock closed at $5.61 on Sept. 28. Clarus is a commercial-stage company marketing Jatenzo, an oral...

September 29, 2021
Markets

Stifel starts Repare Therapeutics at buy; PT $48

Stifel launched coverage of Repare Therapeutics (NASDAQ:RPTX) with a “buy” rating and $48 price target. The stock finished at $28.48 on Sept. 22. Analyst Benjamin Burnett, Ph.D., writes that his rating is largely...

September 23, 2021
Kinnate-Biopharma
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Stifel starts Kinnate Biopharma at buy; PT $32

Stifel launched coverage of Kinnate Biopharma (NASDAQ:KNTE) with a “buy” rating and $32 price target. The stock closed at $23.44 on Sept. 22. “Our positive thesis is based on the belief that the Phase 1 data for KIN...

September 23, 2021
Eargo
Markets

WB cuts Eargo to market perform

William Blair downgraded Eargo (NASDAQ:EAR), a maker of hearing aids, to “market perform” after the company’s 8K stated that an audit by the company’s largest third-party payer was being turned over to the U.S...

September 23, 2021
Annexon Biosciences New
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Cantor starts Annexon at OW; PT $40

Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage of Annexon (NASDAQ:ANNX) with an “overweight” rating and $40 price target. The stock closed at $21.12 on Sept. 22. Annexon is a platform-enabled therapeutics company focused on...

September 23, 2021
IceCure New
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AGP starts IceCure Medical at buy; PT $14.50

Alliance Global Partners launched coverage of IceCure Medical (NASDAQ:ICCM) with a “buy” rating and price target of $14.50. The stock closed at $8.61 on Sept. 21. IceCure has developed and markets the IceCure family of...

September 22, 2021
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Brookline starts Dermata Therapeutics at buy; PT $14

Brookline Capital Markets initiated coverage of Dermata Therapeutics (NASDAQ:DRMA) with a “buy” rating and a price target of $14. The stock closed at $4.87 on Sept. 20. Dermata is developing DMT310, a once-weekly...

September 21, 2021
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Stifel starts Pennant Group at buy; PT $37

Stifel launched coverage of Pennant Group (NASDAQ:PNTG) with a “buy” rating and price target of $37. The stock closed at $29.88 on Sept. 20. “We believe home health and hospice are the fastest-growing areas of...

September 20, 2021
Clarus-Therapeutics
Markets

Cantor starts Clarus Therapeutics at OW; PT $20

Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage of Clarus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CRXT) with an “overweight” rating and $20 price target. The stock closed at $8.81 on Sept. 17. Clarus is focused on developing androgen and metabolic...

September 20, 2021
Equillium
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Cantor starts Equillium at OW, PT $14

Cantor Fitzgerald launched coverage of Equillium (NASADQ:EQ) with an “overweight” rating and $14 price target. The stock closed at $5.40 on Sept. 14. Equillium is developing itolizumab, its novel CD6 targeted monoclonal...

September 15, 2021
Sonnet-BioTherapeutics
Markets

BTIG starts Sonnet BioTherapeutics at buy; PT $5

BTIG launched coverage of Sonnet BioTherapeutics (NASDAQ:SONN) with a “buy” rating and price target of $5. The stock closed at 56 cents on Sept. 14. Sonnet is an early-stage biotechnology company working to develop...

September 15, 2021
180-Life-Sciences
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Maxim starts 180 Life Sciences at buy; PT $11

Maxim Group initiated coverage of 180 Life Sciences (NASDAQ:ATNF) with a “buy” rating and $11 price target. The stock closed at $5.67 on Sept. 14. 180 Life Sciences is developing anti-inflammatory products with three...

September 15, 2021
Aadi-Bioscience
Markets

Ladenburg starts Aadi Bioscience at buy; PT $51

Ladenburg Thalmann launched coverage of Aadi Bioscience (NASDAQ:AADI) with a “buy” rating and price target of $51. The stock closed at $27.96 on Sept. 13. Aadi is a clinical-stage biotechnology company with a single...

September 14, 2021
Assembly Biosciences
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HCW starts Assembly Biosciences at neutral; PT $3.50

H.C.Wainwright initiated coverage of Assembly Biosciences (NASDAQ:ASMB) with a “neutral” rating and price target of $3.50. The stock closed at $3.23 on Sept. 10. Assembly is focused on developing treatments for chronic...

September 13, 2021
Effector-Therapeutics
Markets

Cantor starts eFFECTOR Therapeutics at OW; PT $50

Cantor Fitzgerald launched coverage of eFFECTOR Therapeutics (NASDAQ:EFTR) with an “overweight” rating and price target of $50. The stock closed at $26.59 on Sept. 10. eFFECTOR is focused on developing a new class of...

September 13, 2021
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SVB Leerink starts ContraFect at OP; PT $14

SVB Leerink initiated coverage of ContraFect (NASDAQ:CFRX) with an “outperform” rating and sum-of-the-parts price target of $14. The stock closed at $3.90 on Sept. 8. Analyst Roanna Ruiz, Ph.D., writes that...

September 9, 2021
Aligos-Therapeutics
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SVB Leerink starts Aligos Therapeutics at OP; PT $29

SVB Leerink initiated coverage of Aligos Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ALGS) with an “outperform” rating and $29 price target. The stock closed at $15.31 on Sept. 8. Analyst Roanna Ruiz, Ph.D., writes that Aligos is unique among...

September 9, 2021
scPharmaceuticals
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SVB Leerink starts scPharmaceuticals at MP; PT $6

SVB Leerink launched coverage of scPharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SCPH) with a “market perform” rating sum-of-the-parts PT of $6. The stock closed at $5.95 on Sept. 8. Analyst Roanna Ruiz, Ph.D., writes that, among other...

September 9, 2021