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Allos Therapeutics to Present at the 2006 Cowen Healthcare Conference

    WESTMINSTER, Colo., March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allos Therapeutics,
Inc. (Nasdaq: ALTH) today announced that the Company will participate in the
2006 Cowen & Co. Healthcare Conference, to be held March 6th - 9th in Boston.
Michael E. Hart, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, will
give a 40-minute corporate overview on Thursday, March 9th at 8:00 AM ET.
    The presentation will be webcast live and may be accessed by visiting the
Allos website at http://www.allos.com.  A replay of the webcast will also be
available on the Company's website until Thursday, March 23, 2006.

    About Allos Therapeutics, Inc.
    Allos Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALTH) is a biopharmaceutical company
focused on developing and commercializing innovative small molecule
therapeutics for the treatment of cancer.  The Company's lead product
candidate, EFAPROXYN(TM) (efaproxiral), is a synthetic small molecule designed
to sensitize hypoxic, or oxygen-deprived, tumor tissue during radiation
therapy.  EFAPROXYN is currently being evaluated as an adjunct to whole brain
radiation therapy in a pivotal Phase 3 trial in women with brain metastases
originating from breast cancer.  The Company's other product candidates are:
PDX (pralatrexate), a small molecule chemotherapeutic agent (DHFR inhibitor)
currently under investigation as both a single agent and in combination
therapy regimens in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and Non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma; and RH1, a small molecule chemotherapeutic agent bioactivated by the
enzyme DT-diaphorase currently under evaluation in patients with advanced
solid tumors.  For more information, please visit the Company's web site at:
http://www.allos.com.

    Safe Harbor Statement
    The anticipated presentation will contain forward-looking statements that
involve significant risks and uncertainties, including those to be discussed
in the presentation and others that can be found in the "Risk Factors" section
of the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 and in the
Company's periodic reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K.  The Company does not
undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in
the anticipated presentation as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.  The Company cautions investors not to place undue reliance on the
forward-looking statements contained in the presentation.  No forward-looking
statement can be guaranteed and actual events and results may differ
materially from those projected.


SOURCE Allos Therapeutics, Inc.




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    CONTACT:
    Jennifer Neiman Manager, Corporate
    Communications of Allos Therapeutics, +1-720-540-5227,
    jneiman@allos.com