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Presentation will be Web cast live

LAVAL, QC, May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - BELLUS Health Inc. (NASDAQ: BLUS; TSX: BLU, formerly known as Neurochem Inc.) announces today that on Monday, May 19, 2008, Dr. Francesco Bellini, BELLUS Health's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer will present BELLUS Health's strategy at the Rodman and Renshaw 5th Annual Global Healthcare Conference to be held at the Le Meridien Beach Plaza Hotel Monte Carlo, Monaco. The presentation will take place at 11:05 A.M. CEST (05:05 A.M. EDT).

The live Web cast of BELLUS Health's presentation (audio and visual) can be accessed at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rrshq13/blus/. A replay of the presentation will begin three (3) hours after the actual presentation time, and will be available until May 26, 2008. Please access the Web cast approximately 15 minutes before the presentation is scheduled to begin.

About BELLUS Health

BELLUS Health is a global health company focused on the development and commercialization of products to provide innovative health solutions to address critical unmet medical needs.

To Contact BELLUS Health

For additional information on BELLUS Health and its programs, please call the Canada and United States toll-free number 1-877-680-4500 or visit the Web Site at http://www.bellushealth.com.

Certain statements contained in this news release, other than statements of fact that are independently verifiable at the date hereof, may constitute forward-looking statements. Such statements, based as they are on the current expectations of management, inherently involve numerous risks and uncertainties, known and unknown, many of which are beyond BELLUS Health Inc.'s (formerly known as Neurochem Inc.) control. Such risks include but are not limited to: the impact of general economic
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