January 27, 2003

Neurochem to present at the annual U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference.

- Neurochem, Inc. (TSX: NRM) announced today that it will present at the annual U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference taking place from January 28-30, 2003, at the Pierre Hotel in New York City, NY. Neurochem's presentation will take place on Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 12:00 noon (ET). A copy of the Company's presentation will be available on Neurochem's Web site at http://www.neurochem.com/Investor.htm#Presentation .

About Neurochem

Neurochem is a product-driven, specialty pharmaceutical company which offers a new class of drug candidates to prevent and stop the progression of diseases for which no cure exists. The Company's strong and growing pipeline will meet unmet medical needs and is focused on disorders of the central nervous system and amyloid-related diseases. Neurochem's most advanced product candidate is Fibrillex™, in pivotal Phase II/III clinical development for the treatment of Secondary Amyloidosis, a fatal kidney disease. Two other product candidates in Phase II clinical development are Alzhemed™ for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and Cerebril™ for Hemorrhagic Stroke due to Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy. At the pre-clinical development stage, the Company has two potential products targeting Diabetes Type 2 and Epileptic Seizures induced by traumatic brain injury (www.neurochem.com).

All of the statements contained in this news release, other than statements of fact which are independently verifiable at the date hereof, are forward-looking statements. Such statements, based as they are on the current expectations of management, inherently involve numerous risks and uncertainties, known and unknown. Some examples of known risks are: the impact of general economic conditions, general conditions in the pharmaceutical industry, changes in the regulatory environment in the jurisdictions in which Neurochem does business, stock market volatility, fluctuations in costs, and changes to the competitive environment due to consolidation or otherwise. Consequently, actual future results may differ materially from the anticipated results expressed in the forward-looking statements.

For further Information, please contact:
Dr. Lise Hébert
Vice-president, Corporate Communications
lhebert@neurochem.com

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