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LOS ANGELES--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--[ CytRx Corporation ] (NASDAQ: CYTR), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in oncology, today announced that it is expected to join the Russell Microcap Index when Russell Investments reconstitutes its family of U.S. indexes on June 25, 2012, according to a preliminary list of additions posted on [ www.russell.com ].

"Our membership on the Russell Microcap Index will contribute to additional investor awareness and support the broadening of our shareholder base"

aOur membership on the Russell Microcap Index will contribute to additional investor awareness and support the broadening of our shareholder base,a said CytRx CEO Steven A. Kriegsman. aWe are delighted to be positioned to gain additional recognition from investors who use this index as part of their investment strategy as we advance the clinical development of our promising oncology assets.a

Membership in the Russell Microcap Index remains in place for one year and means automatic inclusion in the appropriate growth and value style indexes. Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors for index funds and as benchmarks for both passive and active investment strategies. In the institutional marketplace, an industry-leading $3.9 trillion in assets currently are benchmarked to them. Russell determines membership for its equity indexes primarily by objective, market-capitalization rankings and style attributes.

About CytRx Corporation

CytRx Corporation is a biopharmaceutical research and development company specializing in oncology. The CytRx oncology pipeline includes three programs in clinical development for cancer indications: [ aldoxorubicin (formerly INNO-206) ], [ tamibarotene ] and [ bafetinib ]. With its tumor-targeted doxorubicin conjugate aldoxorubicin, CytRx has initiated an international Phase 2b clinical trial as a treatment for soft tissue sarcomas, has completed its Phase 1b/2 clinical trial primarily in the same indication, and has initiated a Phase 2 trial for patients with advanced pancreatic ductual adenocarcinomas. CytRx's pipeline also includes tamibarotene, which it is testing in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, international Phase 2b clinical trial in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer, and which is in a Phase 2 clinical trial as a treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). The Company completed its evaluation of bafetinib in the ENABLE Phase 2 clinical trial in high-risk B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL), and plans to seek a partner for further development of bafetinib. For more information about the Company, visit [ www.cytrx.com ].

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from the events or results described in the forward-looking statements, including risks or uncertainties described in the most recent annual and quarterly reports filed by CytRx with the Securities and Exchange Commission and current reports filed since the date of CytRx's most recent annual report. All forward-looking statements are based upon information available to CytRx on the date the statements are first published. CytRx undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.