** Shares of drug developer Iterum Therapeutics ITRM.O
rise ~1.6% to $1.92
** Brokerage Maxim initiates ITRM with "buy" rating, PT at
$7
** The price target represents a more than triple upside to
the stock's last close at $1.89
** Maxim says it sees the probability of a positive result
for ITRM's trial evaluating a treatment for urinary tract
infections
** One of 2 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher
and 1 "hold"; their median PT is $7 - LSEG data
** Up to last close, stock up 56.2% in the last 12 months
(Reporting by Christy Santhosh)
((Christy.Santhosh@thomsonreuters.com))