POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of James B. Murphy, of OXiGENE, Inc. 
(the "Company"), and Megan Gates, Asya Alexandrovich, and Jun Zhao
of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., signing 
singly, with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true 
and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)        execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in 
the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director and/or 10% 
shareholder of the Company, forms and authentication documents 
for EDGAR Filing Access;

(2)        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 forms and authentication documents;

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

(4)        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 and timely file such form with 
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any 
stock exchange or similar authority; and

(5)        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 interests 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, as amended.

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 this 17th day of June 2007.

                                                                
/s/ Roy H. Fickling                       
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Roy H. Fickling                                                                                     
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