RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- April 23, 2007 -- Adherex Technologies Inc. (TSX: AHX)(AMEX: ADH), a biopharmaceutical company with a broad portfolio of oncology products under development, will hold its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders on Friday, April 27, 2007 at 4 p.m. ET at the Toronto Board of Trade, Downtown Centre, 1 First Canadian Place, 77 Adelaide Street Entrance, Toronto, Ontario. The presentation by Adherex's Chairman and CEO, Dr. William P. Peters, will also be available by live webcast on the Company's website at www.adherex.com.
