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title: "Piper Sandler Reaffirms Their Buy Rating on Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA)"
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description: "Piper Sandler analyst Allison Bratzel reaffirmed a Buy rating on Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA) with a $4.00 price target. This follows a Buy from BTIG and a Hold downgrade from Leerink Partners earlier in August."
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# Piper Sandler Reaffirms Their Buy Rating on Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA)

In a report released today, Allison Bratzel from Piper Sandler maintained a Buy rating on Akebia Therapeutics, with a price target of $4.00.

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Bratzel covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as Abivax SA Sponsored ADR, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, and Incyte. According to TipRanks, Bratzel has an average return of 41.7% and a 62.86% success rate on recommended stocks. 

In addition to Piper Sandler, Akebia Therapeutics also received a Buy from BTIG’s Julian Harrison in a report issued on August 6. However, on August 7, Leerink Partners downgraded Akebia Therapeutics (NASDAQ: AKBA) to a Hold.

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