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Pfizer approaches Actavis to gauge interest in deal - Bloomberg

Published 24/09/2014, 00:24
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(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc has approached Dublin-based generic drugmaker Actavis Plc to express its interest in an acquisition, Bloomberg reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter.

The companies are not currently in formal talks and Pfizer has not made an offer, the Bloomberg report said.

Pfizer in May abandoned its attempt to buy British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc for nearly 70 billion pounds.

Actavis, which has a market capitalization of about $63 billion (38.4 billion pounds), obtained an Irish tax domicile by acquiring Warner Chilcott Plc last year.

© Reuters. The Pfizer logo is seen at their world headquarters in New York

Tough new U.S. rules on corporate "inversions" on Tuesday sent a chill through the market for the tax-avoidance deals, both pending and potential.

(Reporting by Ankur Banerjee in Bangalore; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)

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