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Catabasis Pharma
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HCW starts Catabasis Pharma at buy; PT $24

H.C. Wainwright launched coverage of Catabasis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CATB) with a “buy” rating and $24 price target. The stock closed at $6.19 on Sept. 30. Catabasis is developing edasalonexent, an oral small molecule...

October 1, 2020
Selecta Biosciences
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William Blair cuts Selecta Biosciences to MP

William Blair downgraded Selecta Biosciences (NASDAQ:SELB) to “market perform” after the company and partner, Swedish Orphan Biovitrum, announced top-line data from the Phase 2 COMPARE trial, comparing Selecta’s SEL-212...

October 1, 2020
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AGP starts Trulieve Cannabis at buy; PT $40 (Canadian)

Alliance Global Partners launched coverage of Trulieve Cannabis (CSE:TRUL) with a “buy” rating and $40 (Canadian) price target. The stock was quoted at $23.74 in afternoon trading on Sept. 25. “We view Trulieve as a...

September 25, 2020
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AGP starts Columbia Care at buy; PT $8 (Canadian)

Alliance Global Partners initiated coverage of Columbia Care (CSE:CCHW) with a “buy” rating and price target of $8 (Canadian). The stock was quoted at $4.41 in afternoon trading on Sept. 25. Columbia Care engages in...

September 25, 2020
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Maxim starts Monopar Therapeutics at buy; PT $11

Maxim Group launched coverage of Monopar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:MNPR) with a “buy” rating and a 12-month price target of $11. The stock closed at $4.98 on Sept. 24. Monopar is focused on developing therapies for cancer...

September 24, 2020
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BTIG starts MediWound at buy; PT $6

BTIG initiated coverage of MediWound (NASDAQ:MDWD) with a “buy” rating and $6 price target. The stock closed at $3.58 on Sept. 22. MediWound has developed proteolytic enzyme technology targeting severe burns, chronic...

September 23, 2020
OSE Immunotherapeutics
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HCW ups OSE Immunotherapeutics PT to €10 from €7

H.C. Wainwright raised its price target for OSE Immunotherapeutics (NXT PA:OSE) to €10 from €7, citing strong results in PD-1 refractory non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) from the first 100-patient cohort of the Phase...

September 22, 2020
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WB starts Aravive at OP

William Blair launched coverage of Aravive (NASDAQ:ARAV) with an “outperform” rating, saying that an “appreciable market disconnect exists between lead asset AVB-500’s potential to emerge as a differentiated therapeutic...

September 18, 2020
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Cowen starts DermTech at OP; PT $20

Cowen launched coverage of DermTech (NASDAQ:DMTK) with an “outperform” rating and $20 price target. The stock closed at $10.65 on Sept. 9. DermTech provides the only commercial-stage genomics-based non-invasive solution...

September 10, 2020
Motus GI Holdings
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AGP ups Motus GI Holdings PT to $2.60 from $1.65

Alliance Global Partners raised its price target for Motus GI Holdings (NASDAQ:MOTS) to $2.60 from $1.65, “rolling our valuation multiple onto our newly introduced 2022 estimates and utilizing 50 million as our share...

September 9, 2020
Corbus Pharmaceuticals
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HCW reduces Corbus Pharma PT to $6 from $24

H.C. Wainwright slashed the price target for Corbus Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CRBP) to $6 from $24 but maintained its “buy” rating after the company’s Phase 3 RESOLVE-1 trial of lenabasum in cutaneous systemic sclerosis...

September 9, 2020
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HCW starts Surface Oncology at buy; PT $11

H.C. Wainwright launched coverage of Surface Oncology (NASDAQ:SURF) with a “buy” rating and $11 price target. The stock closed at $6.40 on Sept. 3. Surface is developing cancer therapies targeting checkpoints that...

September 4, 2020
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Cowen starts Alphatec Spine at OP; PT $12

Cowen launched coverage of Alphatec Spine (NASDAQ:ATEC) with an “outperform” rating and $12 price target. The stock closed at $6.09 on Sept. 2. Alphatec designs, develops, manufactures and markets surgical spine...

September 3, 2020
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Brookline starts Constellation Pharma at buy; PT $33

Brookline Capital Markets initiated coverage of Constellation Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CNST) with a “buy” rating and $33 price target. The stock closed at $21 on Sept 2. Constellation is using epigenetics to address...

September 3, 2020
Acasti Pharma
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Echelon cuts Acasti Pharma to sell; PT to 15 cents

Echelon Wealth Partners downgraded Acasti Pharma (TSXV:ACST) to “sell” from “speculative buy” and slashed its price target to 15 cents (Canadian) from $1.40 after the company reported that its Phase 3 TRILOGY 2 trial...

September 1, 2020
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Analysts start Acutus Medical at hold, buy, OP

Analysts for Canaccord Genuity, BTIG and William Blair launched coverage of Acutus Medical (NASDAQ:AFIB) with “hold”, “buy” and “outperform” ratings, respectively.  Acutus is a pure-play electrophysiology company...

August 31, 2020
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Brookline starts Forte Biosciences at buy; PT $90

Brookline Capital Markets launched coverage of Forte Biosciences (NASDAQ:FBRX) with a “buy” rating and $90 price target. The stock closed at $26.69 on Aug. 27. Forte Biosciences is developing FB-401, a topical live...

August 28, 2020
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HCW starts Personalis at buy; PT $30

H.C Wainwright launched coverage of Personalis (NASDAQ:PSNL) with a “buy” rating and $30 price target. The stock closed at $21.88 on Aug. 26. Personalis is a developer of next generation sequencing technologies and...

August 27, 2020
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HCW cuts Onconova Therapeutics to neutral; removes PT

H.C. Wainwright downgraded Onconova Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ONTX) to “neutral” from “buy” without a price target after the company’s Phase 3 INSPIRE trial with rigosertib in high-risk myelodysplastic syndromesfailed on...

August 24, 2020