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Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

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

COWEN HEALTH CARE CONFERENCE

RALEIGH, NC, February 28, 2012 - Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SLXP) today announced that the Company will present at the Cowen and Company 32nd Annual Health Care Conference in Boston, MA on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 10:40 a.m. ET.

Interested parties can access a live audio web cast of the presentation at http://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 at www.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.