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Zevalin Data to be Presented at ASH 2008

December 4, 2008
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SEATTLE, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI)
(Nasdaq and MTA: CTIC) today announced presentations or posters of interest
related to Zevalin(R) (ibritumomab tiuxetan) to be presented at the 50th
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), December 5-9, 2008
in San Francisco.

In addition, James Bianco, M.D., CEO of Cell Therapeutics will participate
in a panel hosted by Biotechnology Industry Organization and Gerson Lehrman
Group(R), “Gerson Lehrman Group Innovators: Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma,” on
Saturday, December 6.

CTI and Spectrum announced on November 26, 2008 that they have entered
into an agreement to form a joint venture, RIT Oncology LLC, to commercialize
and develop Zevalin in the United States.


                               Presentation/
    Date/Time       Abstract #  Poster #       Title
    Saturday,
    Dec. 6, 2008
    5:30-7:30 PM       1144    Poster I-249    Radioimmunotherapy (90Y-
                                               Zevalin(R)) Combined with
                                               BEAM Conditioning Regimen and
                                               Autologous Stem Cell
                                               Transplantation for the
                                               Treatment of Non Hodgkin
                                               Lymphomas: Results of An
                                               Italian Multicenter Study

    Sunday
    Dec. 7, 2008
    6:00-8:00 PM       1959    Poster II-53    Radioimmunotherapy with
                                               Yttrium-90-Ibritumomab
                                               Tiuxetan as Part of a Reduced
                                               Intensity Conditioning
                                               Regimen for Allogeneic
                                               Hematopoietic Cell
                                               Transplantation in Patients
                                               with Advanced Indolent Non-
                                               Hodgkin Lymphoma: Interim
                                               Analysis of a Phase II Study

    Sunday
    Dec. 7, 2008
    6:00-8:00 PM       2001    Poster II-95    Phase II Study of Short
                                               Course CHOP-Rituximab
                                               Followed by 90-Y Ibritumomab
                                               Tiuxetan as First-Line
                                               Treatment for Follicular
                                               Lymphoma: An Update and
                                               Extension of Preliminary
                                               Findings on Predictors of
                                               Relapse

    Sunday
    Dec. 7, 2008       2002    Presentation    Extended Follow-up of the
                                 (10:35 AM)    International Randomized
                               Poster II-96    Phase 3 First-Line Indolent
                            (9:30-11:00 AM)    Trial (FIT) Shows Durable
                                               Benefit of 90 Y-Ibritumomab
                                               Tiuxetan (Zevalin(R))
                                               Consolidation of First
                                               Remission in Advanced Stage
                                               Follicular Non-Hodgkin's
                                               Lymphoma

    Sunday
    Dec. 7, 2008
    6:00-8:00 PM       2158   Poster II-252    Monitoring of Post-Transplant
                                               Hematopoiesis in Patients
                                               Receiving High-Dose Yttrium-
                                               90-Ibritumomab Tiuxetan
                                               (Zevalin(R)) with Autograft:
                                               Lack of Detection of
                                               Remarkable Abnormalties.

    Sunday
    Dec. 7, 2008
    6:00-8:00 PM       2187   Poster II-281    Red Marrow Dosimetry and Stem
                                               Cell Reinfusion in High Dose
                                               90Y-Ibritumomab Tiuxetan

    Sunday
    Dec. 7, 2008
    6:00-8:00 PM       2995   Poster III-77    Dose Escalated
                                               Radioimmunotherapy with
                                               Yttrium-90-Ibritumomab
                                               Tiuxetan as Part of a Reduced
                                               Intensity Conditioning
                                               Regimen for Allogeneic
                                               Hematopoietic Cell
                                               Transplantation in Patients
                                               with Advanced Aggressive Non-
                                               Hodgkin Lymphoma: An Interim
                                               Analysis of a Phase I/II
                                               Study

    Monday,
    Dec. 8, 2008
    5:30-7:30 PM       3056  Poster III-138    R-FND Followed by
                                               Radioimmunotherapy for High-
                                               Risk Follicular Lymphoma

    Monday,
    Dec. 8, 2008
    5:30-7:30 PM       3598  Poster III-680    Effect of Adding Ibritumomab
                                               Tiuxetan (Zevalin)
                                               Radioimmunotherapy
                                               Consolidation to Three Cycles
                                               of CHOP Plus Involved-Field
                                               Radiotherapy for Limited-
                                               Stage Aggressive Diffuse B-
                                               Cell Lymphoma (SWOG 0313)

    Monday,
    Dec. 8, 2008
    5:30-7:30 PM       3061  Poster III-143    90y Ibritumomab Tiuxetan as
                                               Initial Treatment for
                                               Follicular Lymphoma (ZEUS
                                               Protocol). An Italian
                                               Cooperative Study Group

    Monday,
    Dec. 8, 2008
    5:30-7:30 PM       3063  Poster III-145    Efficacy of 90 Y -
                                               Ibritumomab Tiuxetan in
                                               Relapsed or Refractory
                                               Primary Gastric Non Hodgkin's
                                               Lymphoma

    Monday,
    Dec. 8, 2008
    5:30-7:30 PM       3064  Poster III-146    Radioimmunotherapy Is Safe
                                               and Effective in Relapse
                                               after Stem Cell
                                               Transplantation

For more information about the ASH annual meeting and for a complete list
of abstracts, please refer to the conference Web site at
http://www.hematology.org.

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
http://www.celltherapeutics.com.

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