Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Friday April 27, 2012 - AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN), Amarin Corp (NASDAQ:AMRN)

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday April 27, 2012:

Hearing Warner Chilcott Gets Takeover Bid from BayerThe Rumor

Shares of Warner Chilcott

WCRX

rose sharply early Friday on a report in the

The Times

of London that Bayer was making an offer to acquire the Dublin, Ireland based pharmaceutical company for $32 per share. Call volume for WCRX was at 669% of the daily average. Spokespersons for Warner Chilcott and Bayer were not available for comment. Warner Chilcott closed at $18.79 Friday, a gain of almost 8% on 5.5 times the average daily volume.

Hearing Renewed Chatter of AstraZeneca Interest in AmarinThe Rumor

Amarin

AMRN

once again was mentioned as a potential takeover target of AstraZeneca

AZN

Friday, according to sources. On Wednesday,

Bloomberg

reported that AstraZeneca was looking at several companies as possible acquisition targets, including Amarin and Forest Labs

FRX

. Spokespersons for Amarin and AstraZeneca could not be reached for comment on the rumor. Amarin closed at $12.01 Friday, a gain of 2.65% on slightly more than the average daily volume.

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