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Founder of ILEX Oncology and Triton Biosciences, Richard Love, Joins Board of Directors of Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI)

Date:9/23/2007

nomics Research Institute (TGen) in Phoenix, AZ.

"I am thrilled to join the CTI board and to have the opportunity to help the company reach its goal of making cancer more treatable," said Love. "I am fully committed to the Company's mission and look forward to contributing my experience to the development of both the Company and its drug candidates."

Mr. Love holds Bachelors and Masters of Science degrees in Chemical Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

In addition to Love, CTI's Board of Directors includes Phillip M. Nudelman, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive of The Hope Heart Institute and former President and CEO of Group Health Cooperative; Frederick W. Telling, Ph.D., former Corporate Officer and Vice President of Corporate Policy and Strategic Management for Pfizer Inc.; Vartan Gregorian, Ph.D., President of Carnegie Corporation of New York; Mary O. Mundinger, Dr. PH, Dean and Professor, School of Nursing and Associate Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Columbia University; John H. Bauer, former EVP of Finance for Nintendo of America, Inc.; James A. Bianco, M.D., President and CEO of CTI; and Jack W. Singer, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of CTI.

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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 http://www.cticseattle.com.

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