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GPC Biotech to Present at UBS Global Life Sciences Conference in New York City

    MARTINSRIED/MUNICH, Germany, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- U.S.
Research and Development Facilities in Waltham, Mass. and Princeton, N.J.
-- GPC Biotech AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: GPC; TecDAX 30; Nasdaq: GPCB)
today announced that the Company will present at the UBS Global Life
Sciences Conference in New York, NY.
    The presentation is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, September 26,
2006, 12:00 PM EDT/18:00 CEST at The Grand Hyatt New York. The presentation
will be webcast live and will be accessible through the GPC Biotech Web
site at http://www.gpc-biotech.com. A replay will be available via the Web
site after the live event.
    GPC Biotech AG is a biopharmaceutical company discovering and
developing new anticancer drugs. The Company's lead product candidate --
satraplatin -- has achieved target enrollment in a Phase 3 registrational
trial as a second-line chemotherapy treatment in hormone-refractory
prostate cancer. The U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation to
satraplatin for this indication, and GPC Biotech has begun the rolling NDA
submission process for this compound. GPC Biotech is also developing a
monoclonal antibody with a novel mechanism-of-action against a variety of
lymphoid tumors, currently in Phase 1 clinical development, and has ongoing
drug development and discovery programs that leverage its expertise in
kinase inhibitors. GPC Biotech AG is headquartered in Martinsried/Munich
(Germany). The Company's wholly owned U.S. subsidiary has sites in Waltham,
Massachusetts and Princeton, New Jersey. For additional information, please
visit the Company's Web site at http://www.gpc-biotech.com.
    For further information, please contact:
    GPC Biotech AG
    Martin Braendle
    Director, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
    Phone: +49 (0)89 8565-2693
    ir@gpc-biotech.com

    In the U.S.:
    Laurie Doyle
    Director, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
    Phone: +1 781-890-9007 X267
    usinvestors@gpc-biotech.com


SOURCE GPC Biotech AG




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    CONTACT:
    Martin Braendle, Director, Investor Relations
    & Corporate Communications, +49 (0)89 8565-2693,
    ir@gpc-biotech.com, or Laurie Doyle, Director, Investor Relations
    & Corporate Communications, +1-781-890-9007, ext. 267,
    usinvestors@gpc-biotech.com, both of GPC Biotech AG