Allos Therapeutics to Present at the Collins Stewart Fourth Annual Growth Conference

2008-07-03 14:17:10 -

- Allos Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALTH), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative small molecule drugs for the treatment of cancer, today announced that members of the Company's senior management will present a corporate overview at the Collins Stewart Fourth Annual Growth Conference in New York.

The Company's presentation will take place at 11 a.m. (Eastern) on Tuesday, July 8, 2008. There will be a live webcast of the presentation, which will be accessible through a link posted on the Allos website home page and investor relations section. The webcast will be available for replay on Allos' website through July 25, 2008.

About Allos Therapeutics, Inc.

Allos Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative small molecule drugs for the treatment of cancer. The Company's lead product candidate, PDX (pralatrexate), is a novel antifolate currently under evaluation in a pivotal Phase 2 (PROPEL) trial in patients with relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma. The PROPEL trial is being conducted under an agreement reached with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under its special protocol assessment, or SPA process. The Company is also investigating PDX in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and a range of lymphoma sub-types. The Company's other product candidate is RH1, a targeted chemotherapeutic agent currently being evaluated in a Phase 1 trial in patients with advanced solid tumors or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). For additional information, please visit the Company's website at www.allos.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

The anticipated presentation will contain forward-looking statements that involve significant risks and uncertainties. Additional information concerning these forward-looking statements and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements is contained in the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and in the Company's other periodic reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company cautions investors not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in the presentation. All forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to the Company on the date thereof, and the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this presentation, except as required by law.

Allos Therapeutics, Inc.
Derek Cole, 720-540-5367
Vice President, Investor Relations
dcole@allos.com