Cell Therapeutics Enters Into Agreement To Acquire Pacritinib, A Novel Highly Selective JAK2 Inhibitor Phase 3 Candidate For Myelofibrosis

About Pacritinib

Pacritinib is an oral, once a day, tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) with dual activity against JAK2 and FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3). Mutations in these kinases have been shown to be directly related to the development of a variety of blood related cancers including MPD, leukemia and lymphoma. Pacritinib has demonstrated encouraging results in phase 1 and 2 studies for patients with myelofibrosis and a phase 3 study is planned in this disease.

FLT3 is a commonly mutated gene found in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients and its activating mutations have been proven to be a negative prognostic marker for clinical outcome suggesting a possible future role for treatment of AML.

Conference Call Details

On Thursday, April 19, 2012, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern/ 2:30 p.m. Central European/ 5:30 a.m. Pacific, members of CTI's (NASDAQ and MTA: CTIC) management team will host a conference call to discuss the agreement to acquire pacritinib.

Conference Call Numbers

Thursday, April 19, 2012 8:30 a.m. Eastern/ 2:30 p.m. Central European/ 5:30 a.m. Pacific Time 1-877-941-8609 (US Participants) 1-480-629-9692 (International)

Call-back numbers for post-listening available at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time: 1-800-406-7325 (US Participants) 1-303-590-3030 (International) Passcode: 4531446#

Live audio webcast at www.celltherapeutics.com will be archived for post-call listening approximately two hours after call ends.

About Cell Therapeutics, Inc.

Headquartered in Seattle, CTI is a biopharmaceutical company committed to developing an integrated portfolio of oncology products aimed at making cancer more treatable. For additional information, please visit www.CellTherapeutics.com.

Sign up for email alerts and get RSS feeds at our website, http://www.CellTherapeutics.com/investors_alert

This press release includes forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties the outcome of which could materially and/or adversely affect actual future results and the market price of CTI's securities. Specifically, the risks and uncertainties that could affect the development of pacritinib include risks associated with preclinical and clinical developments in the biopharmaceutical industry in general, and with pacritinib in particular, including, without limitation, the potential failure of pacritinib to prove safe and effective for the treatment of patients with primary MF or MF secondary to other MPNs as determined by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA") and/or the European Medicines Agency (the "EMA"), that pacritinib may not satisfy a medical need not currently addressed with existing non-selective JAK1/JAK2 inhibitors, that the phase III study of pacritinib may not occur as planned, that the acquisition of pacritinib may not be timely completed, if at all, that the projected benefits of the acquisition of pacritinib may not materialize as expected, that CTI may not be able to successfully implement its plans, strategies and objectives related to the acquisition and development of pacritinib, that Pixuvri may not prove safe and effective for the treatment of relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and/or other tumors as determined by the FDA and/or the EMA, that Pixuvri may not be immediately available to patients in the EU, that CTI may not be approved in the EU and CTI may not launch, market and commercialize Pixuvri as planned, that CTI may not be able to complete the PIX306 clinical trial of Pixuvri-rituximab versus gemcitabine-rituximab in patients with aggressive B-cell NHL, who failed front-line CHOP-R and who are not eligible for ASCT (2nd line) or failed ASCT (3rd or 4th line) by June 2015 or at all as required by the EMA or have the results of such trial available by June 2015 or at all, that CTI may not be able complete a post-marketing study aimed at confirming the clinical benefit observed in the PIX 301 trial, that the conditional marketing authorization for Pixuvri may not be renewed, CTI's ability to continue to raise capital as needed to fund its operations, competitive factors, technological developments, costs of developing, producing and selling CTI's product candidates, and the risk factors listed or described from time to time in CTI's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, without limitation, CTI's most recent filings on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. Except as may be required by law, CTI does not intend to update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Media Contact:

« First ‹ Previous 1 2 3 4 Next › Last »