Aeterna Zentaris (NASDAQ:AEZS) Now Covered by Analysts at StockNews.com

StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of Aeterna Zentaris (NASDAQ:AEZS) (TSE:AEZ) in a research note published on Tuesday. The brokerage issued a sell rating on the biopharmaceutical company’s stock.

Aeterna Zentaris Trading Down 7.2 %

AEZS stock opened at $2.82 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $2.92 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $3.20. Aeterna Zentaris has a 1 year low of $3.96 and a 1 year high of $12.00. The stock has a market cap of $5.06 million, a PE ratio of -0.19 and a beta of 1.55.

Aeterna Zentaris Company Profile

Aeterna Zentaris Inc, a specialty biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing and commercializing therapeutics and diagnostic tests in Canada, Switzerland, Ireland, Denmark, Germany, the United States, and internationally. Its lead product is Macrilen (macimorelin), an orally available peptidomimetic ghrelin receptor (GHSR-1a) agonist that stimulates the secretion of growth hormone by binding to the GHSR-1a for the diagnosis of patients with adult growth hormone deficiency and childhood-onset growth hormone deficiency, as well as endocrinology and oncology indications; AEZS-150, a delayed clearance parathyroid hormone fusion polypeptide that is in preclinical trial for the treatment of chronic hypoparathyroidism; and AEZS-130 that is in preclinical trial for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.