GPC Biotech Schedules Conference Call on August 8th to Discuss First Half 2007 Financial Results

MARTINSRIED/MUNICH, Germany, Aug. 2  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PRINCETON, N.J. -- GPC Biotech AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: GPC; TecDAX index; Nasdaq: GPCB) today announced that it will hold a conference call on Wednesday, August 8, 2007 to discuss its financial results for the first half of 2007. The results will be published on August 8th in advance of the call.

Participants may listen via live webcast, accessible through the GPC Biotech Web site at http://www.gpc-biotech.com/, or via telephone. A replay will be available via the Web site following the live event. The call, which will be conducted in English, will be held on August 8 at 14:00 CET/8:00 AM ET.

  The dial-in numbers for the call are as follows:

  European participants: 0049-(0)69-5007-1305 or 0044-(0)20-7806-1950
  U.S. participants: 1-718-354-1385

  About GPC Biotech


GPC Biotech AG is a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing new anticancer drugs. GPC Biotech's lead product candidate satraplatin is currently in a Phase 3 registrational trial in second-line hormone-refractory prostate cancer. GPC Biotech is also developing a monoclonal antibody with a novel mechanism-of- action against a variety of lymphoid tumors, currently in Phase 1 clinical development, and has ongoing drug development and discovery programs that leverage its expertise in kinase inhibitors. GPC Biotech AG is headquartered in Martinsried/Munich (Germany) and has a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey. For additional information, please visit GPC Biotech's Web site at http://www.gpc-biotech.com/.

This press release contains forward-looking statements, which express the current beliefs and expectations of the management of GPC Biotech AG.  Such statements are based on current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, that could cause future results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially depending on a number of factors, and we caution investors not to place undue reliance on the forward- looking statements contained in this press release.  In particular, there can be no guarantee that additional information relating to the safety, efficacy or tolerability of satraplatin may be discovered upon further analysis of data from the SPARC trial or analysis of additional data from other ongoing clinical trials for satraplatin.  Furthermore, we cannot guarantee that satraplatin will be approved for marketing in a timely manner, if at all, by regulatory authorities nor that, if marketed, satraplatin will be a successful commercial product. We direct you to GPC Biotech's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 and other reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for additional details on the important factors that may affect the future results, performance and achievements of GPC Biotech. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and GPC Biotech undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.

Satraplatin has not yet been approved by the FDA in the U.S., the EMEA in Europe or any other regulatory authority and no conclusions can or should be drawn regarding its safety or effectiveness. Only the relevant regulatory authorities can determine whether satraplatin is safe and effective for the use(s) being investigated. 

DATASOURCE: GPC Biotech



CONTACT: Martin Braendle, Director, Investor Relations & Corporate

Communications, [phone], , or In the U.S.,

Laurie Doyle, Director, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications,

[phone], ext. 267, , both of GPC Biotech 



Web site: http://www.gpc-biotech.com/ 

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