Exhibit 10.1

                                AMENDMENT TO THE
                              PHARMION CORPORATION
                            2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
           (As Amended and Restated effective as of December 6, 2006)

     WHEREAS, Pharmion Corporation (the "Company") maintains the Pharmion
Corporation 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated effective as of
December 6, 2006) (the "Plan");

     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") has the
authority to amend the Plan at any time pursuant to Section 14 thereof; and

     WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is in the best interests of the
Company to amend the Plan.

     NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority reserved to the Board, the Plan
shall be amended, effective immediately, as follows:

1.   By inserting immediately following Section 1(h) of the Plan the following
     subsection:

     (hA) "Comparable Employment" means, with respect to a Holder, a position
     with the Company (or its successor) on and following the consummation of
     any corporate transaction described in clause A, B or C of Section 12 which
     (i) does not result in a material reduction in scope, or material change in
     content, of such Holder's duties and responsibilities, (ii) provides such
     Holder with compensation and employee benefits (other than equity
     compensation) that are comparable in the aggregate to the greater of (x)
     those provided by the parent company of the Company (or its successor) to
     similarly situated employees of such parent company and (y) those provided
     by the Company to such Holder immediately prior to the consummation of such
     corporate transaction, and (iii) does not require such Holder to relocate
     his principal business location beyond fifty (50) miles from his principal
     business location immediately prior to the consummation of such corporate
     transaction.

2.   By inserting the following proviso immediately prior to the period at the
     end of the first sentence of Section 7(c) of the Plan:

     ; provided further, however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the
     contrary, upon a termination of a Holder's employment by the Company
     without Cause or by the Holder as a result of the failure of the Company
     (or its successor) to provide such Holder with Comparable Employment, in
     either case during the twelve (12) month_period commencing on the date of
     the consummation of any corporate transaction described in clause A, B or C
     of Section 12 in which such Option is assumed or continued, (i) the vesting
     of all Awards held by such Holder will be accelerated in full so that all
     Options held by such Holder will be immediately exercisable for fully
     vested stock, and any other Awards held by such Holder will be fully vested
     as of the date of such termination, and (ii) each of such Holder's Options
     will remain exercisable until the earlier of (x) the three (3) month
     anniversary of the date of termination of employment and (y) the end of the

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     Option Period with respect to each such Option; provided further, however,
     that in the event the Holder is party to an employment agreement with the
     Company that provides for acceleration of Options upon a termination of
     employment, the terms of such employment agreement shall control

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     Except as otherwise specifically set forth herein, all terms and provisions
of the Plan shall continue in full force and effect.