Allos Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALTH)   is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative small molecule drugs for the treatment of cancer. The Company’s product candidate, pralatrexate, is a targeted antifolate designed to accumulate preferentially in cancer cells. In March 2009, the Company submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval to market pralatrexate for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma. In May 2009, the FDA accepted the Company’s NDA for priority review and established a Prescription Drug User Fee Act date of September 24, 2009 for a decision regarding approval of the NDA. In addition, pralatrexate is being evaluated in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, bladder cancer and a range of lymphoma sub-types. Allos currently retains exclusive worldwide rights to pralatrexate for all indications.

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