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  <xsd:element id="amrn_DocumentAndEntityInformationTable" name="DocumentAndEntityInformationTable" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrldt:hypercubeItem" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true"/>
  <xsd:element id="amrn_LicenseAndCollaborationAgreementsTable" name="LicenseAndCollaborationAgreementsTable" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrldt:hypercubeItem" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true"/>
  <xsd:element id="amrn_SignificantAccountingPoliciesTable" name="SignificantAccountingPoliciesTable" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrldt:hypercubeItem" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true"/>
  <xsd:element id="amrn_StockholdersEquityNoteTable" name="StockholdersEquityNoteTable" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrldt:hypercubeItem" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true"/>
  <xsd:element id="amrn_SummaryOfNetProductRevenueValuationAllowancesTableTextBlock" name="SummaryOfNetProductRevenueValuationAllowancesTableTextBlock" type="nonnum:textBlockItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="false"/>
  <xsd:element id="amrn_CoPromotionAgreementDisclosureTextBlock" name="CoPromotionAgreementDisclosureTextBlock" type="nonnum:textBlockItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="false"/>
</xsd:schema>
