Needham Upgrades Progenics Pharma (PGNX) to Buy

December 20, 2011 3:20 PM EST
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Price: $4.10 --0%

Rating Summary:
    8 Buy, 1 Hold, 0 Sell

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    Up: 15 | Down: 17 | New: 21
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Needham & Company's Alan Carr upgraded shares of Progenics Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: PGNX) from Hold to Buy. The firm set a new price target of $10.

Shares of Progenics are up more than 31 percent Tuesday afternoon following positive results in a Phase 3 trial of oral methylnaltrexone for chronic, non-cancer pain with opioid-induced constipation. The stock ticked higher over the $8 level as the Needham upgrade began hitting wires.

With the stock last trading around $8.54, Needham's new price target implies potential upside of about 17 percent.

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