Shire to Present at the Cowen and Company 34th Annual Health Care Conference

LEXINGTON, Massachusetts, March 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Shire's Chief Executive Officer, Flemming Ornskov, MD will present at the Cowen and Company 34th Annual Health Care Conference today, March 4th at 08:00 AM EST/13:00 GMT. Investors may access a live audio webcast of the presentation at http://www.shire.com/shireplc/en/investors.

NOTES TO EDITORS

Shire enables people with life-altering conditions to lead better lives.

Our strategy is to focus on developing and marketing innovative specialty medicines to meet significant unmet patient needs.

We provide treatments in Neuroscience, Rare Diseases, Gastrointestinal and Internal Medicine and we are developing treatments for symptomatic conditions treated by specialist physicians in other targeted therapeutic areas.

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For further information please contact:

Investor Relations        
Laurie Stelzer    
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+44-1256-894157