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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...

October 23, 2020
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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...

October 23, 2020
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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...

October 23, 2020
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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...

October 22, 2020
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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...

October 19, 2020
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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...

October 19, 2020
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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...

October 19, 2020
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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...

October 19, 2020
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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. ...

October 19, 2020
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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...

October 16, 2020
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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...

October 16, 2020
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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...

October 16, 2020
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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...

October 14, 2020
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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...

October 14, 2020
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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...

October 12, 2020
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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...

October 12, 2020
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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...

October 6, 2020
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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...

October 6, 2020
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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...

October 2, 2020
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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...

October 2, 2020