Elan Corporation Selects Amadeus' eQCM® Software for the Management of Their Compliance Worldwide


Quebec City, April 19th, 2007 - Amadeus International Inc. (TSX-V: Aii), a pioneer and leader in advanced compliance process control solutions, announced today that Elan Corporation plc, a neuroscience-based biotechnology company, customer of Amadeus since 2005, has entered into extended contractual arrangements to further deploy the eQCM® software suite throughout their locations worldwide.

Constantly faced with the challenge of complying with cGXP (i.e. current good manufacturing, laboratory practices and clinical practices) and guidelines issued by the FDA, the US Department of Health and Human Services, the Office of Inspector General, and other regulatory agencies, Elan decided to optimize their corporate quality and compliance processes through the implementation of an end-to-end compliance process control solution, the eQCM® software suite. Elan was looking for a solution that was scalable and could adapt to the requirements of each of their operational sites with minimal customization. With eQCM®, Elan now enjoys great scalability and adaptability to manage and control their specific and unique processes, in line with their regulatory requirements. With the deployment of a single eQCM platform across all sites, Elan will thus ensure ongoing and consistent quality and compliance at a substantially optimized total cost of ownership.

Commenting on this new agreement, Deborah Collins, Vice President of Corporate Compliance at Elan, said: "We are very pleased to execute this agreement, which follows on from the successful implementation of eQCM® for the management of our corporate compliance audit program. Through the deployment of a single compliance platform, we anticipate improved levels of consistency and control over our compliance processes. Our experience with Amadeus to date has been positive and productive, and we look forward to an ongoing partnership."

"Our relationship with Elan over the years has been outstanding", stated Pierre-François Isabel, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Amadeus. We partnered with them in the successful deployment of eQCM® for the corporate audit program management last year, and will be deploying the compliance process management for the manufacturing sites in the USA and Ireland next June. "When Elan's management decided to deploy eQCM® in all of their sites as the corporate quality and compliance platform, we put forward unique contractual arrangements to allow our software to be used corporate-wide and for each site to get the same benefits and more as best practices will emerge internally. In the coming years, we will continue working together in the deployment of each of their sites through our Professional Services Group", he added.

About Elan Corporation

Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) is a neuroscience-based biotechnology company committed to making a difference in the lives of patients and their families by dedicating itself to bringing innovations in science to fill significant unmet medical needs that continue to exist around the world. Elan shares trade on the New York, London and Dublin Stock Exchanges. For additional information about the company, please visit www.elan.com.

About Amadeus International
Amadeus International is a pioneer and leader in compliance process control solutions. Its flagship product, eQCM®, is a flexible, Web-based integrated suite of applications that allow organizations to manage and control compliance and quality by automating processes such as document management, CAPA, non conformances, customer satisfaction, audits, and other related quality and business processes. The application suite is coupled with powerful business intelligence capabilities, enterprise content management, and related technologies that help organizations achieve sustained compliance. Amadeus International's global headquarters are located in Quebec City, Canada. Amadeus' solutions are distributed across four continents.

For further information:

Manon Rouillier, Marketing and Communications Director
Phone: +1 (418) 525-0606, ext. 2231
E-mail: manon.rouillier@amadeussolutions.com

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