Exhibit 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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| Contact: | | | | |
| | Adam C. Derbyshire | | G. Michael Freeman |
| | Executive Vice President | | Associate Vice President, Investor Relations |
| | and Chief Financial Officer | | and Corporate Communications |
| | 919-862-1000 | | 919-862-1000 |
SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS TO PRESENT AT
J.P. MORGAN HEALTHCARE CONFERENCE
RALEIGH, NC, January 4, 2012 - Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SLXP) today announced that the Company will present at The 30th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, CA on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. PT (7:30 p.m. ET).
Interested parties can access a live audio web cast of the presentation athttp://www.salix.com. A replay of the presentation will be available at the same location.
Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, develops and markets prescription pharmaceutical products for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. Salix’s strategy is to in-license late-stage or marketed proprietary therapeutic drugs, complete any required development and regulatory submission of these products, and market them through the Company’s gastroenterology specialty sales and marketing team.
Salix trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “SLXP”.
For more information, please visit our Website atwww.salix.com or contact the Company at 919-862-1000. Follow us on Twitter (@SalixPharma) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/SalixPharma). Information on our web site is not incorporated in our SEC filings.
