Aug 23 (Reuters) - Warner Chilcott:
* To buy Procter & Gamble co's prescription drug business for about $3 billion - WSJ, citing people familiar with the matter
* To announce acquisition as early as Monday - WSJ
* Six banks to provide up to $4 billion financing for transaction, including $3 billion for the purcahse and $1 billion to refinance existing Warner Chilcott debt - WSJ
* Cerberus Capital Management LP, Forest Laboratories Inc were also interested in the P&G business - WSJ
* To run the business as a wholly-owned unit
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* To buy Procter & Gamble co's prescription drug business for about $3 billion - WSJ, citing people familiar with the matter
* To announce acquisition as early as Monday - WSJ
* Six banks to provide up to $4 billion financing for transaction, including $3 billion for the purcahse and $1 billion to refinance existing Warner Chilcott debt - WSJ
* Cerberus Capital Management LP, Forest Laboratories Inc were also interested in the P&G business - WSJ
* To run the business as a wholly-owned unit
((New York Equities Desk; tel: +1 646 223 6000))
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