** Shares of Iterum Therapeutics ITRM.O rise 3.7% to 70 cents premarket
** ITRM launched its new oral antibiotic, ORLYNVAH, across select U.S. markets in August, with EVERSANA's dedicated sales team
** Co says physicians have begun writing prescriptions and interest is expanding beyond initial targets
** ITRM says it secured new intellectual property in two markets; China granted patent covering combination of sulopenem etzadroxil, probenecid and valproic acid, effective through March 2041
** Adds that Mexico issued patent for bilayer tablet of sulopenem etzadroxil and probenecid, effective through December 2039
** As of last close, ITRM stock down 61.6% YTD
(Reporting by Padmanabhan Ananthan)
((Padmanabhan.Ananthan@thomsonreuters.com))