EXHIBIT 32.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In   connection   with  the   Annual   Report  on  Form  10-K  of   Immtech
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Registrant"), pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  for the annual period ended March
31,  2007,  as filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on the date
hereof (the "Report"), I, Eric L. Sorkin,  President and Chief Executive Officer
of the  Registrant,  do hereby certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)  the Report fully complies with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) or 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2)  the information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in all material
     respects,  the  financial  condition  and  results  of  operations  of  the
     Registrant and its subsidiaries.



                                 /s/ Eric L. Sorkin
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                                 Eric L. Sorkin
                                 President and Chief Executive Officer


June 13, 2007




                                 Exhibit 32.1-1