Compass Pathways Plc ADR ($CMPS) Updated post CC

Release of new clinical data from two Phase 3 trials (COMP005 and COMP006) on COMP360 in TRD + management webcast
Tradable short-term event: additional clinical data (specific portions of studies) and official management narrative. This is the type of event that changes the perception of probability/quality of clinical evidence, and thus volatility too.

AI in Biotech 2026 $RXRX $TEM $EXAI

Recursion, Tempus AI and Exscientia are three “pure-play” examples of what it really means to put artificial intelligence at the centre of a biotech business model. Used properly, AI can compress timelines, surface non-obvious biology and make better use of messy data. Used badly, it can amplify errors, burn cash faster and create stories the clinic will never confirm.

Precision Biosciences Inc ($DTIL)

Next catalyst
H1 2026 – Updated ELIMINATE-B Phase 1/2 data in chronic hepatitis B (PBGENE-HBV), including higher-dose biopsy readouts.
Secondary 2026 catalyst: first sites activated and initial multi-patient data from the FUNCTION-DMD Phase 1/2 trial of PBGENE-DMD after FDA IND clearance (Study May Proceed) in February 2026.

Aldeyra Therapeutics (ALDX) PDUFA March 2026

Aldeyra Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ALDX) is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing modulators of reactive aldehyde species (RASP) for immune-mediated and metabolic diseases. The key late-stage asset is reproxalap, an ophthalmic RASP modulator for dry eye disease (DED) and allergic conjunctiviti

Weekly Market Briefing (February 16–20, 2026)

Wall Street just closed a choppy week where enthusiasm about AI and data-center spend ran into valuation nerves, while inflation data kept the “soft landing” narrative alive. The coming days will be dominated by U.S. GDP, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge (core PCE), fresh PMIs and a cluster of sector-specific catalysts across biotech, space, defense and AI small/mid caps.

Top 10 AI Mid & Small Cap Stocks for 2026

The logic of this basket is to follow the AI value chain from data to models to deployment, without touching the mega-cap hyperscalers. Each ticker is plugged into a different piece of that chain: some provide platforms, some sell services, some sell hardware that enables AI workloads.

Top 10 Space Mid & Small Caps 2026

A simple way to think about this basket is to imagine the space stack as layers: access to orbit, sensing, communications, infrastructure and exploration. Each of the ten names here owns a useful slice of that stack, often in niches that the mega-caps either do not want or cannot address efficiently.

Top 10 Us Defense Stocks With Real Growth Optionality

The big defense primes will always dominate the headlines, but the real optionality for capital gains usually sits one step below, in the names that own a niche. In this basket the niches are clear: tactical drones and loitering munitions (KTOS, AVAV), hypersonic testing and missile-defense space constellations (KTOS, RKLB), naval power and combat systems (DRS), training and simulation (CAE), advanced composites (HXL), electronic-warfare computers (MRCY), spectrum and cyber for national security (CACI, SAIC) and high-margin aerospace components (HEI).

Space Stocks in Free Fall

In the last 30 days the “space trade” has flipped from poster child of risk-on to textbook case of brutal risk-off. Launch, satcom and geospatial names are bleeding double-digit days, while some defense-linked players hold up. Under the surface, it is a story of funding, dilution anxiety, macro rates and a sector where AI and defense still pull in structural demand.

Neumora Therapeutics Inc ($NMRA) Feb 12 2026

Key idea. In January we framed Neumora as a post-crash special situation: a neuroscience platform that had just blown up its lead asset navacaprant in Phase 3 MDD, wiping out about 80% of the market cap in one session, but still sitting on a sizeable cash pile and a broad pipeline. The weeks since then have added three crucial pieces: (1) full Phase 1b signal-seeking data for NMRA-511 in Alzheimer’s agitation, (2) a more detailed 2026 pipeline strategy, and (3) better visibility on ownership, institutional support and analyst appetite post-crash. This second deep dive doesn’t repeat the full story — it extends it and tries to answer a simple question: is NMRA slowly rebuilding a credible equity story, or just trading on residual hope and short-term speculation?

Jiade Ltd ($JDZG)

Jiade is a micro-cap education-support company listed on Nasdaq, best known for providing tutoring and training services for adult and vocational education in China. A strategic cooperation with a South Korea–based AI education brand adds an international angle, but the story still sits at the intersection of cross-border ambitions, regulatory risk and the harsh math of small-cap liquidity.

Viking Therapeutics Inc (VKTX)

Viking has just reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 numbers and given a dense update on its obesity and metabolic pipeline. The picture is clear: spending is ramping, the cash pile is still very strong, and the company is steering both injectable and oral VK2735 toward the next wave of pivotal trials while preparing a new amylin program and keeping VK2809/VK0214 alive in the background.

AI disruption 2026 – winners, losers and what it really means for people

The core idea is blunt but useful: markets are paying up for the “picks and shovels” of AI – chips, foundry, high-bandwidth memory, data centres, cybersecurity, observability – and they are putting a heavy discount on businesses whose main value proposition can be replicated by AI agents, plug-ins and low-cost automation. It is not just about which tickers are in fashion; it is about which roles and workflows are becoming cheaper to automate.

Moderna Inc ($MRNA) Flu Shot? No Shot

Why this Daily Hit, if Moderna is not a small biotech?
Moderna is obviously not a small-cap biotech living hand-to-mouth. Yet the refusal-to-file (RTF) letter that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just sent for its seasonal flu vaccine mRNA-1010 is such an outlier in terms of process and signalling that it deserves a dedicated “hit” article.

Denali Therapeutics Inc ($DNLI)

Denali Therapeutics is moving into the most delicate phase of its evolution: from a blood–brain-barrier platform story to a commercial-stage rare-disease company. The centre of gravity is tividenofusp alfa (DNL310), a TransportVehicle-enabled enzyme replacement therapy for Hunter syndrome (MPS II) designed to address both systemic and central nervous system manifestations, something that current standard ERTs cannot do.

TuHURA Biosciences ($HURA)

TuHURA announces that Kintara’s REM-001 trial in metastatic cutaneous breast cancer has met its primary safety endpoint in ten patients with early signs of clinical efficacy. This triggers the contractual milestone under the Kintara CVR Agreement and unlocks the distribution of 1,539,958 HURA shares to legacy Kintara shareholders holding CVRs.

uniQure N.V ($QURE)

Updated preliminary Phase I/IIa data in Fabry disease show sustained, dose-dependent α-Gal A activity far above normal and allow enzyme-replacement withdrawal in more than half of treated patients, while safety findings trigger a pause in higher-dose cohorts. At the same time, AMT-130 for Huntington’s disease faces a tougher regulatory path after FDA feedback that current Phase I/II data are unlikely to support a BLA as primary evidence. This report connects Fabry, Huntington and the broader AAV5 platform story under the lens of balance sheet, catalyst map, key risks and retail sentiment.