Exhibit 99.1

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1)(iii) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of a Statement on Schedule 13D dated January 13, 2016 (including amendments thereto) with respect to the shares of Common Stock, no par value, of CTI BioPharma Corp.  This Joint Filing Agreement shall be filed as an Exhibit to such Statement.

Dated:  January 13, 2016

BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND, L.P.			BVF INC.
By:	BVF Partners L.P., its general partner	By:	/s/ Mark N. Lampert
By:	BVF Inc., its general partner		Mark N. Lampert
			President
By:	/s/ Mark N. Lampert
	Mark N. Lampert
	President		/s/ Mark N. Lampert
			MARK N. LAMPERT
BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND II, L.P.
By:	BVF Partners L.P., its general partner
By:	BVF Inc., its general partner
By:	/s/ Mark N. Lampert
	Mark N. Lampert
	President
BVF PARTNERS L.P.
By:	BVF Inc., its general partner
By:	/s/ Mark N. Lampert
	Mark N. Lampert
	President

BVF PARTNERS OS LTD.
By:	BVF Partners L.P., its sole member
By:	BVF Inc., its general partner
By:	/s/ Mark N. Lampert
	Mark N. Lampert
	President
BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE TRADING FUND OS LP
By:	BVF Partners L.P., its investment manager
By:	BVF Inc., its general partner
By:	/s/ Mark N. Lampert
	Mark N. Lampert
	President

/s/ Matthew D. Perry

MATTHEW D. PERRY