Allos Therapeutics to Present at the NewsMakers in the Biotech Industry Conference

  
    
  
  
    
      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 NewsMakers in the Biotech Industry Conference, 
      co-presented by BioCentury and Thomson Reuters, in New York.
    
    
      The Company’s presentation will take place at 
      3 p.m. (Eastern) on Thursday, September 4, 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 September 19, 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, bladder 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). Allos currently retains exclusive worldwide rights to 
      PDX and RH1 for all indications. 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.