Clearside Biomedical (CLSD, $4.63) gets price target tripled at Wedbush

Shares of Clearside Biomedical climbed on Thursday, following a price target hike from analysts at Wedbush.

Wedbush analyst Liana Moussatos tripled her price target on the biopharmaceutical company’s shares to $18 a share. Moussatos has an outperform rating on the stock. This follows  positive data from a early stage eye treatment study at Clearside.

"We find these initial results encouraging by first establishing a clear foundation of safety," Moussatos mentioned.

On Tuesday, Clearside announced positive safety results from Cohort 1 of OASIS, its ongoing Phase 1/2a clinical trial of CLS-AX (axitinib injectable suspension) administered by suprachoroidal injection via Clearside’s SCS Microinjector in six patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

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