POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned

hereby constitutes and appoints each of Thomas C. Chesterman, Treve

Stephenson and Ron A. Metzger, or any of them signing singly, and with
full
power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney in
fact
to:

(1)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the

undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange

Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any

other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords

enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
reports
required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or any
rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)	execute for and on
behalf of the
undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer,
director and/or
more than 10% stockholder of Aradigm Corporation (the
"Company"), Forms 3,
4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and the rules thereunder;

(3)		do
and perform any and all acts
for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5, complete and execute any
amendment or amendments thereto, and
timely file such form with the SEC and
any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

(4)	take any other action
of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of such attorney in
fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required
by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by
such attorney in fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney in fact may
approve in such attorney in
fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby
grants to each such
attorney in fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney in fact,
or such attorney
in fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and
powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys in
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are
not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act
of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4,
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions
in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the

undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys in

fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of
Attorney to be executed as of this 10th day of March, 2006.





			Signature

			/s/ Jonathan Rigby
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