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iBio advancing vaccine program for multi-variant COVID-19 disease

iBio (NYSE American:IBIO) updated progress on its lead COVID-19 vaccine program, IBIO-202, including a recently received the FDA response to its pre-IND package for IBIO-202. In light of the feedback received, the...

January 26, 2022

Developments

Hepion’s rencofilstat combined with an immune checkpoint inhibitor demonstrates synergistic anti-tumor activity in a non-clinical liver cancer study

Results of a non-clinical research study demonstrated that Hepion Pharmaceuticals’ (NASDAQ:HEPA) clinical phase drug candidate, rencofilstat (CRV431), synergistically decreased liver tumor growth and extended mouse...

January 26, 2022

Markets

Analysts up Checkpoint Therapeutics PT on positive pivotal data

Analysts for H.C. Wainwright and Cantor Fitzgerald raised their price targets for Checkpoint Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CKPT) to $26 and $20, respectively, after the company reported positive pivotal data with anti-PD-L1...

January 25, 2022

Markets

Stifel starts ViewRay at buy; PT $7

Stifel initiated coverage of ViewRay (NASDAQ:VRAY) with a “buy” rating and price target of $7, reflecting a multiple of 8.3 times estimated 2023 revenue of $130-million. The stock closed at $4.46 on Jan. 24. “We see...

January 25, 2022

Markets

Dawson James ups BioCardia to buy; PT $4

Dawson James upgraded BioCardia (NASDAQ:BCDA) to “buy” with a $4 price target, citing multiple clinical programs in heart failure and a business deal potential. The stock closed at $1.39 on Jan. 21. Analyst Jason...

January 24, 2022

Developments

ENDRA partnering study of TAEUS with Shanghai General Hospital

ENDRA Life Sciences (NASDAQ:NDRA) received Institutional Review Board approval from China’s Shanghai General Hospital for the first clinical study, expected to begin in 2022, of ENDRA’s Thermo Acoustic Enhanced...

January 24, 2022

Developments

Altamira’s Bentrio nasal spray approved in Malaysia

Altamira Therapeutics’ (NASDAQ:CYTO) Bentrio nasal spray has been approved by the Medical Device Authority of Malaysia for the protection against airborne allergens and viruses and is cleared for commercialization in...

January 21, 2022

Developments

Dyadic introduces novel method to produce synthetic cannabinoids

Dyadic International (NASDAQ:DYAI) has engineered its C1-cell protein production platform to demonstrate the potential of manufacturing therapeutically viable and commercially useful cannabis compounds, including...

January 21, 2022

Developments

IntelGenx resumes dosing in Montelukast VersaFilm Phase 2a AD trial

IntelGenx (TSX:IGX; OTCQB:IGXT) announced that patient dosing has resumed in the ongoing Phase 2a BUENA clinical trial in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease (AD) under a previously amended protocol using...

January 20, 2022

Markets

BTIG cuts Acutus Medical to neutral from buy

BTIG downgraded Acutus Medical (NASDAQ:AFIB) to “neutral” from “buy” and removed its price target, citing a forecast of flat sales in 2022, among other things. The stock closed at $2.46 on Jan. 19. Acutus is a cardiac...

January 20, 2022

Markets

SVB Leerink ups Calithera to OP from MP; PT to $3 from $1

SVB Leerink upgraded Calithera Biosciences (NASDAQ:CALA) to “outperform” from “market perform” and raised its price target to $3 from $1. The stock closed at 49 cents on Jan. 19. “We conducted a deeper dive on...

January 20, 2022

Developments

Sigyn Therapeutics featured in BioSpace, twice

BioSpace, a leading life sciences publication, featured Sigyn Therapeutics (OTC:SIGY) and its novel extracorporeal blood purification technology twice in January. One article profiled the company and its Sigyn...

January 19, 2022

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