ZIOPHARM to Hold Second Quarter 2016 Financial Results Conference Call and Webcast on Tuesday, August 9, 2016

BOSTON, Aug. 02, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZIOP) today announced that it will host a conference call and webcast slide presentation to discuss financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 and provide a mid-year corporate update on Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 4:30 PM ET.

The call can be accessed by dialing 1-844-309-0618 (U.S. and Canada) or 661-378-9465 (international). The passcode for the conference call is 58685274. To access the slide and live audio webcast, or the subsequent archived recording, visit the "Investors & Media" section of the ZIOPHARM website at www.ziopharm.com. The webcast will be recorded and available for replay on the Company's website for two (2) weeks.

About ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc.:

ZIOPHARM Oncology is a Boston, Massachusetts-based biotechnology company employing novel gene expression, control and cell technologies to deliver safe, effective and scalable cell- and viral-based therapies for the treatment of cancer. The Company's immuno-oncology programs, in collaboration with Intrexon Corporation (NYSE: XON) and the MD Anderson Cancer Center, include chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) and other adoptive cell-based approaches that use non-viral gene transfer methods for broad scalability. The Company is advancing programs in multiple stages of development together with Intrexon Corporation's RheoSwitch Therapeutic System® technology, a switch to turn on and off, and precisely modulate, gene expression in order to improve therapeutic index. The Company's pipeline includes a number of cell-based therapeutics in both clinical and preclinical testing which are focused on hematologic and solid tumor malignancies.

 

Contact:
Lori Ann Occhiogrosso
ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc.
617-259-1987
[email protected]

David Pitts
Argot Partners
212-600-1902
[email protected]

Source: ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc.

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