BOSTON, Dec. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZIOP ), a biopharmaceutical company focused on new cancer immunotherapies, today announced that it will host a conference call and webcast slide presentation on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 4:30 PM ET to provide a corporate update and discuss the Company's 2016 outlook.
The call can be accessed by dialing (877) 751-7350 (U.S. and Canada) or (918) 559-5237 (international). The passcode for the conference call is 6055343. 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 synthetic 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 more 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.
Lori Ann Occhiogrosso ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. 617-259-1987 David Pitts Argot Partners 212-600-1902
