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ChemGenex to Present Positive Data for Omaproâ?¢ from Multiple Clinical Trials at ASH

01 / 12 / 2009

• Pivotal data in T315I+ patients via oral presentation on 7th December
• Data in multi-resistant CML via oral presentation on 8th December
• Phase 2 combination therapy trial presented in a poster session

ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX:CXS) announced today that updated clinical data from several of its clinical trials with OmaproTM (omacetaxine mepesuccinate) will be presented at the upcoming 51st American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Dr. Jorge Cortes, MD, Professor of Medicine and Deputy Chair in the Department of Leukemia at The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center will present data via oral presentations for both the ChemGenex studies 202 and 203.

On Monday, 7th December at 4:45 p.m. Central Time, Dr. Cortes will present data from "Imatinib-Resistant Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) Patients Who Harbor the Bcr-Abl T315I Mutation in an oral session entitled: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Therapy: Managing Resistance and Residual Disease".

During the oral session entitled Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Therapy: New Trends in Management, Dr. Cortes will present data from "CML Patients Who Are Resistant or Intolerant to Two or More Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors". This session will take place on Tuesday, 8th December at 8:00 a.m. Central Time.

ChemGenex will also present combination data for Omapro during the poster session entitled: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Therapy on Sunday, December 6th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Central Time on Poster Board II-170. This phase 2 trial was designed to study the "Combination of Omacetaxine and Imatinib
in the Treatment of Patients with CML in Advanced Stages or After Failure to Imatinib".