Amarin Corporation PLC to Present at Two Upcoming Investor Conferences

MYSTIC, Conn. and DUBLIN, Feb 22, 2011 Amarin Corporation plc (Nasdaq: AMRN) today announced that members of its senior management team will be presenting at two investor conferences on March 2, 2011.

Joseph Zakrzewski, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present at the CITI 2011 Global Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 2:00 pm ET. This conference will be held at the Hilton New York City. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available at http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/citigroup/healthcare2011/75211419.cfm.

John Thero, President, is scheduled to present at the RBC Capital Markets' Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 4:35 pm ET. This conference will be held at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rbc129/amrn.

About Amarin

Amarin Corporation plc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with expertise in lipid science focused on the treatment of cardiovascular disease. The Company's lead product candidate is AMR101 (icosapent ethyl, formerly called ethyl icosapentate). On November 29, 2010, the Company reported positive, statistically significant top-line results from the MARINE trial, the first of its Phase 3 clinical trials of AMR101. In the MARINE trial, AMR101 was investigated as a treatment for very high triglycerides (>500 mg/dL). AMR101 is presently being investigated in a second Phase 3 clinical trial, the ANCHOR trial, for the treatment of patients on statin therapy with high triglycerides (200 and <500mg/dL) with mixed dyslipidemia. The MARINE trial was, and the ANCHOR trial currently is, conducted under Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) agreements with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Amarin also has next-generation lipid candidates under evaluation for preclinical development.

Investor Contact Information:

Stephen Schultz

Investor Relations and Corporate Communications

Amarin Corporation

In U.S.: +1 (860) 572-4979

investor.relations@amarincorp.com


Lee M. Stern

The Trout Group

In U.S.: +1 (646) 378-2922

lstern@troutgroup.com



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Russo Partners

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+1 (347) 591-8785 (mobile)

david.schull@russopartnersllc.com

martina.schwarzkopf@russopartnersllc.com



SOURCE Amarin Corporation plc

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