On November 17 and 18, 2009, Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") will be meeting with certain banks in Italy and presenting a corporate overview of the Company. A copy of a slide presentation that the Company will be using at these meetings is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

The information provided pursuant to this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing or other document filed by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings or documents, except to the extent expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing or document. The information furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01 shall instead be deemed "furnished."

Certain Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K include statements about future financial and operating results, and risks and uncertainties that could affect the Company's products under development. These statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict, and are based upon assumptions as to future events that may not prove accurate. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed herein. In any forward-looking statement in which the Company expresses an expectation or belief as to future results, such expectation or belief is expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis, but there can be no assurance that the statement or expectation or belief will result or be achieved or accomplished.

The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements: risks associated with preclinical, clinical and sales and marketing developments in the biopharmaceutical industry in general and in particular including, without limitation, the potential failure of OPAXIO ™ to prove safe and effective for treatment of non-small cell lung and ovarian cancers, the potential failure of Pixuvri (pixantrone dimaleate) to prove safe and effective for treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, determinations by regulatory, patent and administrative governmental authorities, competitive factors, technological developments, costs of developing, producing and selling the Company's products under development; and other economic, business, competitive, and/or regulatory factors affecting the Company's business generally, including those set forth in the Company's filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for its most recent fiscal year and its most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, especially in the "Factors Affecting Our Operating Results" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections, and its Current Reports on Form 8-K. Except as may be required by law, the Company does not intend to update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibit is furnished with this report on Form 8-K:

              Exhibit
              Number    Description

               99.1     Cell Therapeutics, Inc. Presentation Slides.