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Senseonics
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BTIG ups Sensenonics to buy; PT to $1

BTIG upgraded Sensenonics Holdings (NYSE American:SENS) to “buy” from “neutral” with a price target of $1, citing a commercial collaboration with Ascensia Diabetes Care, a financing agreement with Ascensia’s parent, PHC...

August 11, 2020
Markets

HCW starts Lumos Pharma at buy; PT $33

H.C. Wainwright initiated coverage of Lumos Pharma (NASDAQ:LUMO) with a “buy” rating and $33 price target. The stock closed at $13.80 on Aug. 3. Analyst Edward White writes that the company’s LUM-201 drug candidate is...

August 4, 2020
Nkarta Therapeutics
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Stifel starts Nkarta at buy; PT $41

Stifel launched coverage of Nkarta (NASDAQ:NKTX) with a “buy” rating and 12-month target price of $41. The stock closed at $26.58 on Aug. 3. Nkarta is focused on the discovery, development, and potential...

August 4, 2020
Geron
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Stifel starts Geron at buy; PT $3

Stifel initiated coverage of Geron (NASDAQ:GERN) with a “buy” rating and $3 price target. The stock closed at $1.59 on July 31. Geron is focused on the development and potential commercialization of a single product...

August 3, 2020
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Maxim ups Onconova Therapeutics PT to $3 from $1.25

Maxim Group raised its price target for Onconova Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ONTX) to $3 from $1.25 after the company announced that the required number of survival events for the pivotal Phase 3 INSPIRE study of IV rigosertib...

July 30, 2020
Sierra Oncology
Markets

HCW starts Sierra Oncology at buy; PT $20

H.C. Wainwright launched coverage of Sierra Oncology (NASDAQ:SRRA) with a “buy” rating and $20 price target. The stock closed at $12.46 on July 29. Sierra Oncology is in the midst of a Phase 3 MOMENTUM study with its...

July 30, 2020
Heat Biologics
Markets

Maxim ups Heat Biologics PT to $5 from $2

Maxim Group raised its price target for Heat Biologics (NASDAQ:HTBX) to $5 from $2, citing the potential of the company’s vaccine platform to produce long-lasting cellular immunity against COVID-19. The stock closed at...

July 27, 2020
Markets

SVB Leerink starts Immatics at OP; PT $17

SVB Leerink initiated coverage of Immatics (NASDAQ:IMTX) with an “outperform” rating and $17 price target. The stock closed at $10.57 on July 24. Immatics is developing T-cell receptor (TCR)-based immunotherapies and...

July 27, 2020
oncosec
Markets

Dawson James starts OncoSec Medical at buy; PT $10

Dawson James Securities launched coverage of OncoSec Medical (NASDAQ:ONCS) with a “buy” rating and $10 price target. The stock closed at $3.19 on July 24. OncoSec has developed a plasmid-based vector that is delivered...

July 27, 2020
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HCW ups Aravive PT to $26 from $15

H.C. Wainwright raised its price target for Aravive (NASDAQ:ARAV) to $26 from $15 after the company announced successful completion of its Phase 1b trial testing AVB-500 in patients with platinum resistant ovarian...

July 23, 2020
89bio
Markets

BTIG starts 89bio at buy; PT $51

BTIG launched coverage of 89bio (NASDAQ:ETNB) with a “buy” rating and $51 price target. The stock closed at $33.14 on July 22. 89bio is developing BIO89-100, a stabilized fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) analog, for...

July 23, 2020
Markets

Brookline starts MiRagen Therapeutics at buy; PT $6

Brookline Capital Markets initiated coverage of MiRagen Therapeutics (NASDAQ:MGEN) with a “buy” rating and 12-to-18 month price target of $6. The stock closed at $1.02 on July 20. MiRagen is working in hematologic...

July 21, 2020
Markets

BTIG starts Akouos at buy; PT $35

BTIG initiated coverage of Akouos (NASDAQ:AKUS) with a “buy” rating and $35 price target. The stock closed at $21.12 on July 20. Akouos is focused on the development of highly specific genetic medicines for hearing loss...

July 21, 2020
EyeGate Pharmaceuticals
Markets

AGP starts EyeGate Pharma at buy; PT $9.50

Alliance Global Partners launched coverage of EyeGate Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:EYEG) with a “buy” rating and price target of $9.50, representing a price-to-sales multiple of eight times based on 2022 revenue estimates...

July 21, 2020
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Piper Sandler starts Zynex at OW; PT $30

Piper Sandler launched coverage of Zynex (NASDAQ:ZYXI) with an “overweight” rating and $30 price target. The stock closed at $21.42 on July 17. Zynex sells the only three-in-one, at home, chronic pain management product...

July 20, 2020
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HCW ups electroCore PT to $2.50 from $1.50

H.C. Wainwright raised its price target for electroCore (NASDAQ:ECOR) to $2.50 from $1.50, citing the FDA’s emergency use authorization of gammaCore, the company’s lead product, to treat COVID-19 patients. The stock...

July 15, 2020
NextCure
Markets

BTIG slashes NextCure PT to $27 from $61

BTIG more than halved the price target for NextCure (NASDAQ:NXTC) to $27 from $61 after the company announced that its NC318 immunoncology antibody would not be moving forward into stage 2 of the Simon-2-stage trial in...

July 14, 2020