OXiGENE Announces Third Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 1, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OXiGENE, Inc. OXGN, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics to treat cancer, will report third quarter 2012 results on Thursday, November 8, 2012. A conference call and webcast hosted by OXiGENE management will begin at 4:30 pm EDT (1:30 p.m. PDT).

To listen to a live or an archived version of the audio webcast, please log on to the Company's website, www.oxigene.com. Under the "Investors" tab, select the link to "Events & Presentations."

OXiGENE's earnings conference call can also be heard live by dialing (888) 841-3431 in the United States and Canada, and +1 (678) 809-1060 for international callers, five minutes prior to the beginning of the call.

About OXiGENE

OXiGENE is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics to treat cancer. The Company's major focus is developing vascular disrupting agents that selectively disrupt abnormal blood vessels associated with solid tumor progression. OXiGENE is dedicated to leveraging its intellectual property and therapeutic development expertise to bring life-extending and life-enhancing medicines to patients.

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