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Brookline starts electroCore at buy; PT $5

Brookline Capital Markets launched coverage of electroCore (NASDAQ:ECOR) with a “buy” rating and price target of $5. The stock closed at $1.57 on Oct. 22. electroCore is a bioelectronic medicine company whose lead...

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BTIG starts Progenity at buy; PT $12

BTIG initiated coverage of Progenity (NASDAQ:PROG) with a “buy” rating and price target of $12. The stock closed at $7.80 on Oct. 22. Progenity is one of the top providers of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) and...

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Brookline starts CTI Biopharma at buy; PT $7

Brookline Capital Markets initiated coverage of CTI BioPharma (NASDAQ:CTIC) with a “buy” rating and $7 price target. The stock closed at $3.34 on Oct. 22. CTI is focused on novel targeted therapies for hematologic...

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BTIG cuts Zosano Pharma PT to $2 from $7

BTIG slashed the price target for Zosano Pharma (NASDAQ:ZSAN) to $2 from $7, citing a complete response letter about the NDA for Qtrypta, a transdermal microneedle system form of zolmitriptan in development for acute...

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Stifel starts Orthofix Medical at buy; PT $39

Stifel launched coverage of Orthofix Medical (NASDAQ:OFIX) with a “buy” rating and price target of $39. The stock closed at $34.05 on Oct. 19. Orthofix is focused on providing medical devices, operating through the...

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Stifel starts Alphatec at buy; PT $13

Stifel initiated coverage of Alphatec Holdings (NASDAQ:ATEC) with a “buy” rating and $13 price target. The stock closed at $9.88 on Oct. 19. Alphatec engages in design, development, and marketing of spinal fusion...

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Stifel starts SeaSpine at buy; PT $22

Stifel launched coverage of SeaSpine Holdings (NASDAQ:SPNE) with a “buy” rating and price target of $22. The stock closed at $14.97 on Oct. 19. “After several years of uneven performance post the 2015 spin-out from...

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HCW ups Celldex Therapeutics PT to $25 from $16

H.C Wainwright raised its price target for Celldex Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CLDX) to $25 from $16, citing three differentiated programs that are now in the clinic. The stock closed at $15.76 on Oct. 16. “As we have stated...

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BTIG ups Vericel PT to $30 from $23

BTIG raised its price target for Vericel (NASDAQ:VCEL) to $30 from $23 after an analyst and investor event focused primarily on NexoBrid, a recently licensed burn enzymatic debridement product from MediWound. ...

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Maxim starts Plus Therapeutics at buy; PT $6

Maxim Group launched coverage of Plus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PSTV) with a “buy” rating and price target of $6. The stock closed at $2.56 on Oct. 15. The company’s lead asset, rhenium nanoliposome (RNL), is being developed...

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BTIG starts Aldeyra Therapeutics at buy; PT $29

BTIG initiated coverage of Aldeyra Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ALDX) with a “buy” rating and $29 price target. The stock closed at $6.86 on Oct. 15. Aldeyra is targeting reactive aldehyde species (RASP) for a range of...

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AGP starts InspireMD at buy; PT 70 cents

Alliance Global Partners initiated coverage of InspireMD (NYSE American:NSPR) with a “buy” rating and price target of 70 cents. The stock closed at 32 cent on Oct. 15. InspireMD has developed the CGuard EPS (Embolic...

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Ladenburg starts Cogent Biosciences at buy; PT $4

Ladenburg Thalmann launched coverage of Cogent Biosciences (NASDAQ:COGT) with a “buy” rating and $4 price target. The stock closed at $2.89 on Oct. 13. Cogent has a late-stage clinical asset, CGT9486, in development for...

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HCW starts Humanigen at buy; PT $31

H.C. Wainwright launched coverage of Humanigen (NASDAQ:HGEN) with a “buy” rating and price target of $31. The stock closed at $12.03 on Oct. 13. The company’s lead asset, lenzilumab, is an antibody targeting...

Brookline starts MEI Pharma at buy; PT $10

Brookline Capital Markets initiated coverage of MEI Pharma (NASDAQ:MEIP) with a “buy” rating and price target of $10. The stock closed at $3.08 on Oct. 9. Analyst Leah Rush Cann writes that MEI Pharma is developing...

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Stifel starts Dyne Therapeutics at buy; PT $29

Stifel initiated coverage of Dyne Therapeutics (NASDAQ:DYN) with a “buy” rating and $29 price target. The stock closed at $18.64 on Oct. 9. “We view Dyne as an emerging leader in the neuromuscular space, and our...

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BTIG ups Neuronetics PT to $10 from $6

BTIG raised its price target for Neuronetics (NASDAQ:STIM) to $10 from $6, citing takeaways from recent virtual investor meetings, which focused on how the company’s new CEO, Keith Sullivan, will be reshaping the...

WB starts Chinook Therapeutics at OP

William Blair initiated coverage of Chinook Therapeutics (NASDAQ:KDNY) with an “outperform” rating. The stock closed at $14.60 on Oct. 5. Chinook recently completed a merger with Aduro Biotech to become a leading...

SVB Leerink starts Immunic at OP, PT $45

SVB Leerink launched coverage of Immunic (NASDAQ:IMUX) with an “outperform” rating and $45 price target. The stock closed at $18.87 on Oct. 1. Immunic is focused on development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of...

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Stifel starts Evofem Biosciences at buy; PT $5

Stifel initiated coverage of Evofem Biosciences (NASDAQ:EVFM) with a “buy” rating and price target of $5. The stock closed at $2.36 on Oct. 1. The company recently launched a vaginal pH-modulator gel, Phexxi, offering a...