DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amarin Corporation plc (NASDAQ: AMRN) today announced that it has signed a term sheet for a private placement of convertible bridge loan notes (“Bridge Financing”) in the amount of $2.6 million with certain existing investors in the Company, including a number of current directors of the Company. The Bridge Financing provides the Company with sufficient funds to operate through mid 2009, during which time the Company will continue its ongoing discussions with certain existing and new potential investors, in order to secure longer term funding.