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( BW)(ELAN)(ELA) Elan Announces Webcast of Second Quarter 2003
Financial Results

     Business Editors
    UK REGULATORY NEWS

    DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2003--

Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) ("Elan") announced today that it
will host a conference call on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 at 8:00
a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST), 1:00 p.m. British Summer Time (BST)
with the investment community to discuss Elan's second quarter 2003
financial results, which will be released before the U.S. and European
financial markets open.

Live audio of the conference call will be simultaneously broadcast
over the Internet and will be available to investors, members of the
news media and the general public.

This event can be accessed by visiting Elan's website at www.elan.com
and clicking on the Investor Relations section, then on the event
icon. The event will be archived and available for replay after the
call until 5:00 p.m. EST, 10:00 p.m. BST September 18, 2003. The
replay telephone number is 800-633-8284 or 402-977-9140, reservation
number 21160153.

Elan is focused on the discovery, development, manufacturing, selling
and marketing of novel therapeutic products in neurology, pain
management and autoimmune diseases. Elan shares trade on the New York,
London and Dublin Stock Exchanges.

   Short Name: Elan Corporation, plc
   Category Code: MSC
   Sequence Number: 00009455
   Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20030908T172922+0100

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    CONTACT: Investors:  (U.S.)           
             Jack Howarth, 212-407-5740            
             800-252-3526          
                         or
             Investors:  (Europe)        
             Emer Reynolds, 353-1-709-4000     
             00800 28352600   
                         or                              
             Media:                    
             Anita Kawatra, 212-407-5755         
             800-252-3526

    KEYWORD: IRELAND UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL EUROPE
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: MEDICAL MEDICAL DEVICES CONFERENCE CALLS
EARNINGS
    SOURCE: Elan Corporation, plc

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