ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (fkx ASX:CXS)

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ChemGenex CEO Receives AusBiotech Award

MELBOURNE, Australia, and MENLO PARK, California U.S.A.

October 28, 2009

ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX:CXS) is pleased to announce Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Greg Collier, PhD. was recognized this morning for his outstanding contribution to the advancement of biotechnology in Australia.

Dr Collier received the AusBiotech 2009 Chairman’s Excellence Award for outstanding contribution by an individual within a company. The Board and management of ChemGenex extend their congratulations to Dr Collier upon the receipt of this award.

About ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Limited (http://www.chemgenex.com)

ChemGenex is an oncology focused biopharmaceutical company developing small molecules with new mechanisms of action to treat malignancies with significant unmet medical needs. The company is developing its lead product candidate OMAPRO™ (formerly omacetaxine) for the treatment of patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML), Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), and Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS). A New Drug Application has been submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for CML patients with the Bcr-Abl T315I mutation. The corporate strategy for ChemGenex is to commercialize OMAPRO™ independently in North America and to establish commercial partnerships in the rest of the world. ChemGenex currently trades on the Australian Stock Exchange under the symbol "CXS". For additional information on ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals, please visit the company’s website at http://www.chemgenex.com.

Details on the clinical trials can be accessed from the following websites; http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00375219?term=homoharringtonine&rank=9 and http://www.tkiresistantcmltrials.com