BUFFALO, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 10/05/09 -- Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBLI) today announced today that Simos Simeonidis, Ph.D., Senior Biotechnology Analyst at Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, has initiated coverage on the Company.

The Rodman & Renshaw report, dated September 29, 2009, assigned a Market Outperform/ Speculative Risk rating to the Company, with a 12-month target price of $8.00 per share. Interested parties should contact Rodman & Renshaw for more information about the report or visit their website athttp://www.rodmanandrenshaw.com.

About Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc.

Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. is a holding company with a number of direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Rodman & Renshaw, LLC.

Rodman & Renshaw, LLC is a full service investment bank dedicated to providing investment banking services to companies that have significant capital needs, along with research and sales and trading services to investor clients that focus on such companies. Rodman is a leading investment banking firm with particular emphasis on industries with significant capital needs, including health care, energy, and metals/mining, as well as a leader in the PIPE (private investment in public equity) and RD (registered direct placements) transaction markets.

About Cleveland BioLabs, Inc.

Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. is a drug discovery and development company leveraging its proprietary discoveries around programmed cell death to develop treatments for cancer and protection of normal tissues from exposure to radiation and other stresses. The Company has strategic partnerships with the Cleveland Clinic, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, ChemBridge Corporation and the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute. To learn more about Cleveland BioLabs, Inc., please visit the company's website at http://www.cbiolabs.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements reflect management's current expectations, as of the date of this press release, and involve certain risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. Some of the factors that could cause future results to materially differ from the recent results or those projected in forward-looking statements include the "Risk Factors" described in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Contact:
Rachel Levine
Director Corporate Development & Communications
Cleveland BioLabs, Inc.
T: (646) 284-9439
E: rlevine@cbiolabs.com