NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The shares of BioMarin are climbing after a blog reported last night that Shire is considering offering to acquire the company. Meanwhile, analysts at UBS and Deutsche raised their price targets for the orphan drug maker, in part due to the possibility of a takeover. WHAT'S NEW: "Well-informed" sources are saying that Shire recently approached BioMarin about a merger deal, Ben Harrington of the blog Betaville reported last night. It's not clear how far the talks have progressed, but Morgan Stanley and Lazard are advising Shire on a deal that could be worth $65B, the blog added. ANALYSTS' TAKE: The recent acquisition of Pharmacyclics by AbbVie shows that drug companies need to acquire products and pipelines, UBS analyst Andrew Peters wrote in a note to investors earlier today. Given its diversified pipeline of orphan products and multi-billion revenue potential, BioMarin is among the most attractive targets in the sector, according to Peters. As a result, the analyst finds it appropriate to assign premiums to drug companies for their strategic value. Additionally, the analyst has become more upbeat on several of BioMarin's pipeline drugs and on its R&D capabilities. He raised his price target on the stock to $136 from $112 and kept a Buy rating on the shares. Also upbeat on the stock was Deutsche Bank analyst Robyn Karnauskas. BioMarin's top four pipeline drugs have 25%-50% chances of succeeding, but not everything in the company's pipeline needs to work for it to obtain an M&A premium, the analyst stated in a note to investors today. She believes that BioMarin can be acquired for $194-$271 per share in the next year, depending on the data from several of its drug candidates. The analyst raised her price target on the name to $140 from $90 and kept a Buy rating on the stock. PRICE ACTION: In early trading, BioMarin jumped 13.5% to $130 while Shire is up $1.59 to $240.09.
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