IVAX To Present At The Friedman Billings Ramsey 9th Annual Growth Conference

Business Wire, May 26, 2005

MIAMI -- IVAX Corporation (AMEX:IVX) (LSE:IVX.L) (WSE:IVX) is scheduled to make a presentation Wednesday, June 1, 2005, at 10:20 AM Eastern Time at the Friedman Billings Ramsey 9th Annual Growth Conference being held at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York. Neil Flanzraich, vice chairman and president of IVAX Corporation, will provide an overview of IVAX' business and prospects.

E[acute accent]IVAX' presentation will be webcast and accessible to the public online by going to our website at http://www.ivax.com and clicking on the link. Replays will be available for 7 days after the presentation at the same website address. E[acute accent]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. E[acute accent]Copies of this and other news releases may be obtained free of charge from IVAX' website at http://www.ivax.com.