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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Callisto Pharmaceuticals Adjourns Annual Stockholders Meeting Due to Lack of a Quorum

 

NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—July 12, 2010—Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB:CLSP.OB), announced today that it adjourned its annual stockholders’ meeting held on July 9, 2010 due to lack of a quorum.  The agenda for the adjourned meeting and the record date for the stockholders entitled to vote at that meeting will be publicly announced in the next few weeks.  The Company will also file a new proxy statement, which will be mailed to stockholders.  The Company encourages all stockholders to participate in the next stockholder meeting.

 

About Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Callisto is a biopharmaceutical company focused primarily on the development of Atiprimod, an orally administered drug with antiproliferative, anti-inflammatory and antiangiogenic activity, to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA).  Atiprimod earlier completed a Phase II clinical trial in advanced carcinoid cancer, a neuroendocrine tumor, and, subsequent to this, further development was redirected towards treatment of RA.  Callisto’s second drug, L-Annamycin, is a member of the anthracycline family, with a novel therapeutic profile including activity against drug resistant tumors.  L-Annamycin completed a Phase I clinical trial in adult relapsed or refractory acute lymphocytic leukemia patients.  More information is available at ttp://www.callistopharma.com.

 

CONTACT:

Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Gary S. Jacob, Ph.D.

CEO, Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,

+1-212-297-0010,

Web site:  www.callistopharma.com

 

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