EpiCept To Host Third Quarter 2007 Conference Call and Webcast on November 7, 2007


EpiCept To Host Third Quarter 2007 Conference Call and Webcast on November 7,  
                                      2007                                      

TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EpiCept Corporation (Nasdaq   
and OMX Nordic Exchange: EPCT) today announced that it will host a conference   
call to discuss third quarter 2007 results and provide a business update on     
Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at 8:30 a.m. EST. EpiCept will release results for  
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 at 12:01 a.m. EST on Monday, 
November 5, 2007.                                                               
    (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020513/NYM112LOGO )            
To participate in the live call, please dial (888) 802-7346 from the U.S. or    
Canada or (973) 582-2785 from international locations (please reference access  
code 9431155).  The conference call will also be broadcast live on the Internet 
and may be accessed at http://www.epicept.com.  The webcast will be archived for
90 days.                                                                        
A telephone replay of the call will be available for seven days by dialing (877)
519-4471 from the U.S. and Canada or (973) 341-3080 from international locations
(please reference reservation number 9431155).                                  

    About EpiCept Corporation                                                   
EpiCept is focused on unmet needs in the treatment of pain and cancer. EpiCept  
has a staged portfolio of pharmaceutical product candidates with several pain   
therapies in late-stage clinical trials, and a lead oncology compound for AML   
with demonstrated efficacy in a Phase III trial; a marketing authorization      
application for this compound has been submitted in Europe. EpiCept is          
headquartered in Tarrytown, N.Y.  Its research and development team in San Diego
is pursuing a drug discovery program focused on novel approaches to apoptosis.  

    Forward-Looking Statements                                                  
This news release and any oral statements made with respect to the information  
contained in this news release, contains forward-looking statements within the  
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such           
forward-looking statements include statements which express plans, anticipation,
intent, contingency, goals, targets, future development and are otherwise not   
statements of historical fact. These statements are based on EpiCept's current  
expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual 
results or developments to be materially different from historical results or   
from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Factors that may cause actual results or developments to differ materially      
include:  the risk that the proposed public offering will not be consummated,   
the risks associated with our need to raise additional financing to continue to 
meet our capital needs and our ability to continue as a going concern, the risk 
that Ceplene will not receive regulatory approval or marketing authorization in 
the EU or that Ceplene, if approved, will not achieve significant commercial    
success, the risk that Myriad's development of Azixa(TM) will not be successful,
the risk that Azixa will not receive regulatory approval or achieve significant 
commercial success, the risk that we will not receive any significant payments  
under our agreement with Myriad, the risk that the development of our other     
apoptosis product candidates will not be successful, the risk that our ASAP     
technology will not yield any successful product candidates, the risk that      
clinical trials for NP-1 or EPC 2407 will not be successful, that NP-1 or EPC   
2407 will not receive regulatory approval or achieve significant commercial     
success, the risk that our other product candidates that appeared promising in  
early research and clinical trials do not demonstrate safety and/or efficacy in 
larger-scale or later stage clinical trials, the risk that EpiCept will not     
obtain approval to market any of its product candidates, the risks associated   
with dependence upon key personnel, the risks associated with reliance on       
collaborative partners and others for further clinical trials, development,     
manufacturing and commercialization of our product candidates; the cost, delays 
and uncertainties associated with our scientific research, product development, 
clinical trials and regulatory approval process; our history of operating losses
since our inception; competition; litigation; risks associated with prior       
material weaknesses in our internal controls; and risks associated with our     
ability to protect our intellectual property. These factors and other material  
risks are more fully discussed in EpiCept's periodic reports, including its     
reports on Forms 8-K, 10-Q and 10-K and other filings with the U.S. Securities  
and Exchange Commission. You are urged to carefully review and consider the     
disclosures found in EpiCept's filings which are available at www.sec.gov or at 
www.epicept.com. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any           
forward-looking statements, any of which could turn out to be wrong due to      
inaccurate assumptions, unknown risks or uncertainties or other risk factors.   

    *Azixa is a registered trademark of Myriad Genetics, Inc.                   
                                                                                
    EPCT-GEN                                                                    

SOURCE  EpiCept Corporation                                                     
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/CONTACT:  Robert W. Cook of EpiCept Corporation, +1-914-606-3500,              
rcook@epicept.com; Media: Greg Kelley of Feinstein Kean Healthcare,             
+1-617-577-8110, gregory.kelley@fkhealth.com; Investors: Kim Sutton Golodetz,   
+1-212-838-3777, kgolodetz@lhai.com, or Bruce Voss, +1-310-691-7100,            
bvoss@lhai.com, both of Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates for EpiCept Corporation/ 
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