IVAX To Present At Lehman Brothers Healthcare Conference

Business Wire, March 3, 2003

Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2003

IVAX Corporation (AMEX:IVX) (LSE:IVX.L) is scheduled to make a presentation on Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 11:15 a.m. Eastern Time at the Lehman Brothers Healthcare Conference.

IVAX' presentation will be webcast and accessible to the public online at http://www.lehman.com/conferences/healthcare2003invitation. 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 7 days after the presentation at the same web site address.

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.