** U.S.-listed shares of Germany-based diagnostic and pharma
company Centogene N.V. CNTG.O rise 6.7% to 80 cents
** H.C. Wainwright initiates coverage with "buy" rating as
it sees strong opportunities in rare diseases market, which CNTG
intends to strengthen by building out its BioDatabank
** Bio/Databank integrates patient-consented data, including
clinical information, health records, genetic insights,
biomarkers and patient recorded outcomes
** Brokerage assigns $2.50 PT; Says CNTG has guided that its
2022 revenue would be in the range of 50 million to 52 million
euros ($51.94 mln - $54 mln) with a growth rate of 15%-20% y-o-y
** H.C. Wainwright also keen on the diagnostic services as
CNTG says it offers the broadest diagnostic testing portfolio
for rare diseases, covering over 19,000 genes using over
10,000 different tests
** CNTG aims to fully execute on its existing more than 20
ongoing partnerships and target nearly 20 new pipeline deals -
Brokerage
** Including session's gain, stock down 85.7% YTD
(Reporting by Pratik Jain)
((Pratik.Jain@thomsonreuters.com;))