EpiCept Corporation to Present at the 2007 BIO InvestorForum


EpiCept Corporation to Present at the 2007 BIO InvestorForum          

TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EpiCept Corporation (Nasdaq   
and OMX Nordic Exchange: EPCT) today announced that Jack Talley, President and  
CEO, will be presenting at the 2007 BIO InvestorForum on October 10, 2007 at    
11:45 a.m. local time at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California.  Mr.    
Talley will present a company overview.                                         
    (LOGO:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020513/NYM112LOGO )           
The presentation will be available live via webcast on October 10, 2007 and 90  
days thereafter.  The webcast can be accessed by visiting www.epicept.com.      

    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 acute
myeloid leukemia, or AML) with demonstrated efficacy in a Phase III trial; a    
marketing authorization application for this compound has been submitted in     
Europe.  EpiCept is based in Tarrytown, N.Y., and 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 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 will not be successful, that 
NP-1 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 reliance on additional outside financing to meet its capital requirements, 
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.                   

SOURCE  EpiCept Corporation                                                     
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/CONTACT:  Robert W. Cook of EpiCept Corporation, +1-914-606-3500,              
rcook@epicept.com; or 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; or Media: Greg Kelley of
Feinstein Kean Healthcare for EpiCept Corporation, +1-617-577-8110,             
gregory.kelley@fkhealth.com/                                                    
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    /Web site:  http://www.epicept.com /                                        
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