MEDICURE TO PRESENT MATCHED RESULTS

Medicure Inc., a cardiovascular drug discovery and development company, today announced that two posters outlining the positive results of the Phase II MATCHED study with MC-4232 have been accepted for presentation at ASH 2006. The American Society of Hypertension (ASH) Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition is being held in New York at the New York City Hilton Hotel from May 16-20, 2006. ASH is the largest U.S. organization dedicated exclusively to hypertension and related cardiovascular disease.

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