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                            ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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                                EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Committee has amended the Committee Website (www.icnmaxvalue.com), which was
filed on a Schedule 14A with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on
May 8, 2001, to include an additional web page which was made available to
shareholders on or about May 11, 2001. The additional contents of the Committee
Website have previously been filed with the SEC, or are included with this
filing, as follows:



                                Proxy Statement
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                      Letter to Stockholders (May 3, 2001)
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                    We urge you to read the proxy statement





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                                 Annual Meeting.

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                            April 23, 2001 may vote.



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