BOSTON, Dec. 6, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZIOP) today announced the unanimous approval of the National Institutes of Health's Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC) for the initiation of a Phase 1 study of Ad-RTS-IL-12, an adenoviral vector engineered to express interleukin-12 under the control of veledimex, an oral...

BOSTON, Oct. 24, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZIOP) today announced the pricing of its previously announced public offering of 14,300,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $3.50 per share. All of the shares in the offering are being sold by ZIOPHARM. The offering is expected to close on October 29,...

BOSTON, Oct. 22, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZIOP) today announced that it intends to commence an underwritten public offering of $50,000,000 of shares of its common stock. All of the shares in the proposed offering are to be sold by ZIOPHARM. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC will act as sole book-running manager for the ...

BOSTON and GERMANTOWN, Md., Oct. 22, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZIOP), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of new cancer therapies, and Intrexon Corporation (NYSE:XON), a leader in synthetic biology, today announced the presentation of a preclinical study demonstrating the potential for...

BOSTON and GERMANTOWN, Md., Oct. 17, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZIOP), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of new cancer therapies, and Intrexon Corporation (NYSE:XON), a leader in synthetic biology, today announced scheduled poster presentations at the 2013 AACR-NCI-EORTC International...

BOSTON, Sept. 20, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZIOP) today announced that Jonathan Lewis, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, will present at BioCentury's NewsMakers in the Biotech Industry Conference on Friday, September 27th, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. ET at The Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City. To access a live...

BOSTON, July 2, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZIOP) today announced that Jonathan Lewis, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 8th Annual JMP Securities Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, July 9th, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. ET at The St. Regis Hotel in New York City. To access a live webcast of the presenta...

BOSTON, May 30, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZIOP) today announced that Jonathan Lewis, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Jefferies 2013 Global Healthcare Conference on Thursday, June 6th, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. ET in New York City. To access a live webcast of the presentation, please visit the In...

BOSTON, May 16, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZIOP) today announced promising results from nonclinical and Phase 1 studies in advanced melanoma using Ad-RTS-IL-12, a novel DNA-based therapeutic candidate. Findings were presented in an oral session at the 16th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy...

BOSTON, May 7, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZIOP) today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013, and provided an update on the Company's key developments. ZIOPHARM reported a GAAP net loss of $12.8 million for the first quarter of 2013, or $(0.15) per share, compared to a GAAP net loss ...