POWER OF ATTORNEY

       	Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Robert Chai-Onn, Alex Matheson, Angie Palmer
and Pamela Chronister Lewis, or
any of them signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	prepare, execute in the undersigned?s name and on the undersigned?s
behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(the ?SEC?) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other
documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords
enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the ?Exchange Act?) or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as a director and/or officer of Valeant Pharmaceuticals
International, Inc. (the ?Company?), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules
thereunder;

(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any
amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with
the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by
such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

       	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

       	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.


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       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this _22nd _ day of __Decemeber____, 2010.


		_/s/__ Philip Walden Loberg Jr 				Signature


		Philip Walden Loberg Jr
			Name