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Needham Initiates VeraDermics at Buy With $136 Price Target

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Sagimet Biosciences (SGMT) said Monday it has priced an underwritten offering of about 29.2 million shares at $6.00 each to raise about $175 million to help fund its clinical trial.Shares soared 43% as intraday trading volume catapulted to over 45.2 million from a daily average of about 516,000.Veradermics (MANE) said Monday part A of its phase 2/3 trial of VDPHL01 oral pill in males with mild-to-moderate pattern hair loss met all primary and all key secondary endpoints with "high" statistical significance.Shares surged 32%, with intraday trading volume of over 2.5 million from a daily average of roughly 446,000.Oruka Therapeutics (ORKA) jumped 16% after the company said Monday almost 64% of patients treated with ORKA-001 achieved the primary endpoint of complete skin clearance at week 16 in a phase 2a trial in moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.More than 5.10 million shares traded intraday, compared with a daily average of about 760,000.Price: $8.36, Change: $+2.50, Percent Change: +42.58%