Cell Therapeutics Announces Receipt of NASDAQ Panel Decision to Transfer to NASDAQ Capital Market

CTI's continued listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market is subject to CTI evidencing compliance with all applicable requirements for continued listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market, including the $35 million market value of listed securities requirement or its alternatives, as set forth in NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(3), by February 12, 2009. The Company expects to comply with all applicable requirements for continued listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market by February 12, 2009; however, there can be no assurance that it will be able to do so.

As disclosed on September 6 and October 10, 2008, CTI was previously notified by NASDAQ regarding its non-compliance with the $50 million market value of listed securities requirement for continued listing on The NASDAQ Global Market. In response, CTI appeared before the NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Panel at a hearing at which it requested the transfer of its listing to The NASDAQ Capital Market pursuant to its plan to evidence compliance with the $35 million market value of listed securities requirement for continued listing on that market.

The NASDAQ Capital Market is one of the three market tier designations for NASDAQ-listed stocks and operates in substantially the same manner as The NASDAQ Global Market. Securities listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market must satisfy all applicable qualification requirements for NASDAQ securities, and companies listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market must meet certain financial requirements and adhere to NASDAQ's corporate governance standards.

About Cell Therapeutics, Inc.

Headquartered inSeattle, 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.

This press release includes forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, the outcome of which could materially and/or adversely affect actual future results. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the Company's ability to achieve compliance with the NASDAQ Capital Market's continued listing requirements by February 12, including the market value of listed securities requirement, as well as other risks and uncertainties that could affect the Company's business operations and the development of the Company's products including the Company's need to raise additional capital, risks associated with preclinical and clinical developments in the biopharmaceutical industry in general including, without limitation, the potential failure of a product to prove safe and effective for treatment of a specific condition, determinations by regulatory, patent and administrative governmental authorities, competitive factors, technological developments, and costs of developing, producing and selling the product(s). You should also review the risk factors listed or described from time to time in CTI's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, without limitation, CTI's most recent filings on Forms 10-K, 8-K, and 10-Q. Except as may be required by law, CTI does not intend to update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

     Media Contact:
     Dan Eramian
     T: 206.272.4343
     C: 206.854.1200
     E: media@ctiseattle.com
     http://www.CellTherapeutics.com/press_room

     Investors Contact:
     Ed Bell
     T: 206.272.4345
     Lindsey Jesch Logan
     T : 206.272.4347
     F : 206.272.4434
     E: invest@ctiseattle.com
     http://www.CellTherapeutics.com/investors

SOURCE Cell Therapeutics, Inc.

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