Elan Corporation PLC
Investors:
Emer Reynolds, 353-1-709-4000 or 800-252-3526
or
Media:
Anita Kawatra, 212-407-5755 or 800-252-3526

Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) ("Elan") announced today that it
will host a conference call on Wednesday, November 12, 2003 at 8:30
a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST), 1:30 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
with the investment community to discuss Elan's third 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 for 24
hours. The replay telephone number is 800-633-8284 or 402-977-9140,
reservation number 21163951.

About Elan

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.