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IVAX to Present At CIBC World Markets Annual Biotechnology and Specialty Pharmaceuticals Conference; First Quarter Earnings to be Announced On April 30, 2002

Business Wire, April 26, 2002

Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2002

IVAX Corporation (AMEX:IVX)(LSE:IVX.L) is scheduled to make a presentation on Thursday, May 2, 2002, at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time at the CIBC World Markets Annual Biotechnology & Specialty Pharmaceuticals Conference being held at The Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York, New York.

IVAX' presentation will be webcast and accessible to the public online at http://theater.ibeam.com/starthere.asp?pres=19139&template=cibc&exit=http://www.ivax.com. (Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field.) Through this link, visitors will be able to access the company's presentation made by Neil Flanzraich, vice chairman and president of IVAX Corporation. Replays will be available for 90 days after the presentation at the same web site address.

Separately, IVAX will reports its earnings for the first quarter of 2002 on Tuesday, April 30, 2002.

IVAX Corporation, headquartered in Miami, Florida, discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets branded and brand equivalent (generic) pharmaceuticals and veterinary products in the U.S. and internationally.

Copies of this and other news releases may be obtained free of charge from IVAX' web site at http://www.ivax.com. Shareholders and prospective investors can register to automatically receive the company's press releases via email at http://www.ivax.com/ComNewsv2.htm.>