Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

OXiGENE, INC.

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Peter Langecker,  of
OXiGENE, INC. (the "Company"), and Megan Gates, Linda Rockett, Katherine Weir, Jessica Mendoza and Kevin
Johnson 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, 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 aforementioned forms and authentication documents;

	(3) 	execute and deliver for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer,
director and/or 10% stockholder of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments,
corrections, supplements or other changes thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and the rules thereunder, but only to the extent
each form relates to the undersigned's beneficial ownership of securities of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries;

	(4)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that 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, self-regulatory 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 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 attorneys-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, (i) any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with the requirements of the Exchange Act or any liability for the undersigned's failure to comply with such requirements or
(ii) any obligation or liability that the undersigned incurs for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of Exchange Act.

	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 (including any amendments, corrections, supplements or other changes to) 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.

	This Power of Attorney does not revoke any other power of attorney that the undersigned has previously granted.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed this 16th day of
July 2012.


/s/ Barbara Riching
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Barbara Riching
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