Celator(R) Pharmaceuticals to Present at Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference and Mid-Atlantic Capital Conference

PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 25 Celator Pharmaceuticals today announced that Scott Jackson, chief executive officer, is scheduled to present at the 20th Annual Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference in New York and the 2008 Mid-Atlantic Capital Conference in Philadelphia. Mr. Jackson will provide a corporate overview and an update on the company's clinical development programs. The presentations will be held as follows:

About Celator

Celator Pharmaceuticals, Inc., with locations in Princeton, NJ, and Vancouver, BC, is a privately held pharmaceutical company developing new and more effective therapies to treat cancer. CombiPlex(R), the company's drug ratio technology platform, represents a revolutionary new approach to the development of combination therapies based on identifying a fixed, synergistic ratio of the drugs pre-clinically, incorporating that ratio in a drug delivery vehicle and maintaining the ratio in patients. The company pipeline includes: CPX-1 (a liposomal formulation of irinotecan:floxuridine), currently in Phase 2 in patients with colorectal cancer; CPX-351 (a liposomal formulation of cytarabine:daunorubicin), currently in Phase 2 in patients with acute myeloid leukemia; CPX-571 (a liposomal formulation of irinotecan:cisplatin), a preclinical stage compound; and multiple research programs. Based on the applications of CombiPlex, Celator is positioned to advance a broad pipeline of combination therapies involving both previously approved and novel drug agents. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.celatorpharma.com.

Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 3:50pm ET at the New York Palace Hotel

SOURCE Celator Pharmaceuticals

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