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Date:9/19/2007

n the early stage of the disease. Because pafuramidine is more user-friendly than existing therapies, we anticipate that it would be available in community clinics as well as at current African sleeping sickness treatment centers. Patients could be treated close to home, rather than traveling long distances to specialized centers."

Pafuramidine has previously been granted Orphan Drug Designation for treatment of pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) and malaria. In addition to trials for African sleeping sickness, pafuramidine is currently in Phase III clinical trials for PCP, and in Phase II trials targeting malaria treatment and malaria prophylaxis.

"This is another positive milestone for Immtech as pafuramidine advances towards commercialization," commented Eric L. Sorkin, Immtech's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "We will continue to work closely with our consortium of scientists, and global collaborators to develop safer and more effective therapies for this and other global health threats."

About Immtech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Immtech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is focused on developing and commercializing drugs to treat infectious diseases, and the Company is expanding its targeted markets by applying its proprietary pharmaceutical platform to treat other disorders. Immtech has advanced clinical programs that include new oral treatments for Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP), malaria, and trypanosomiasis (HAT or African Sleeping Sickness), and a well defined, expanding library of compounds targeting drug-resistant Gram-positive bacteria, fungal infections, Hepatitis C and other serious diseases. Immtech holds the exclusive worldwide licenses to certain patents, patent applications and technology for products derived from a proprietary pharmaceutical platform. For additional information, please go to http://www.immtechpharma.com

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