Ziopharm Oncology, Inc., announced that Kevin S. Boyle, Sr., Chief Executive Officer of Ziopharm, is scheduled to participate in five upcoming virtual investor conferences
BOSTON and HOUSTON, Sept. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ziopharm Oncology, Inc. (“Ziopharm” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ZIOP), today announced that Kevin S. Boyle, Sr., Chief Executive Officer of Ziopharm, is scheduled to participate in five upcoming virtual investor conferences:
| 2021 Wells Fargo Virtual Healthcare Conference | |||
| Date: | September 9, 2021 | ||
| Presentation Time: | 10:00 am EDT | ||
| Morgan Stanley 19th Annual Global Healthcare Conference | |||
| Date: | September 10, 2021 | ||
| No presentation – management available for one-on-one meetings | |||
| H.C. Wainwright 23rd Annual Global Investment Conference | |||
| Date: | September 13, 2021 | ||
| Time: | 7:00 am EDT (access to on demand webcast begins) | ||
| Lake Street 5th Annual Best Ideas Growth Conference | |||
| Date: | September 15, 2021 | ||
| No presentation – management available for one-on-one meetings | |||
| 2021 Cantor Virtual Global Healthcare Conference | |||
| Date: | September 28, 2021 | ||
| Presentation Time: | 3:20 pm EDT | ||
“As one of my initial priorities as CEO, I seek to meet with our existing shareholders and hearing their perspectives,” said Mr. Boyle. “I also welcome the opportunity to introduce Ziopharm’s cutting-edge TCR science to potential new investors.”
To access the webcast presentations, or the subsequent archived recordings, please see the links above or visit the “Investors” section of the Ziopharm website at www.ziopharm.com.
About Ziopharm Oncology, Inc.
Ziopharm is developing non-viral and cytokine-driven cell and gene therapies that weaponize the body’s immune system to treat the millions of people globally diagnosed with cancer each year. With its multiplatform approach, Ziopharm is at the forefront of immuno-oncology. Ziopharm’s pipeline is built for commercially scalable, cost-effective T-cell receptor (TCR) T-cell therapies based on its non-viral Sleeping Beauty gene transfer platform, and a Sleeping Beauty-enabled CD19-specific CAR-T program. The Company has clinical and strategic collaborations with the National Cancer Institute and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. For more information, please visit www.ziopharm.com.
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Investor Relations Contact:
Adam D. Levy, Ph.D., MBA
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations
T: 508.552.9255
E: alevy@ziopharm.com
