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Galen Holdings PLC
02 April 2003

Galen Holdings PLC

2 April 2003

Directors' Interests

Galen Trustees Limited, as trustee of the Galen Holdings PLC Employee Benefit
Trust (the "Trust") purchased 100,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price
of #4.37 per share on 2 April 2003.

The Company was advised of this transaction on 2 April 2003.

The Trust is a discretionary trust of which all employees and former employees
of Galen Holdings PLC and its subsidiaries are potential beneficiaries.  Two of
the Company's directors (John King and Geoffrey Elliott) are therefore
interested in the shares held in the Trust from time to time in the same way as
other employees and former employees of Galen Holdings PLC and its subsidiaries.


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