POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each person whose  signature  appears
below (hereinafter  individually and collectively  referred to as the "grantor")
constitutes  and appoints  Gordon H. Link,  Jr. the grantor's  attorney-in-fact,
with full power of substitution,  for grantor in any and all capacities, to sign
the  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for NaPro  BioTherapeutics,  Inc.  for its year
ended December 31, 1997, and all amendments thereto,  and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto,  and other documents required or appropriate in connection
therewith,  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  and  the  National
Association of Securities  Dealers,  Inc.;  granting unto said  attorney-in-fact
full  power and  authority  to  perform  any other act on behalf of the  grantor
required to be done in the premises,  hereby  ratifying and  confirming all that
said attorney-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                              /s/ Leonard P. Shaykin
Date March      , 1998    -----------------------------------------------------
                              Leonard P. Shaykin

                              /s/ Sterling K. Ainsworth, Ph.D.
Date March      , 1998    -----------------------------------------------------
                              Sterling K. Ainsworth, Ph.D.

                              /s/ Patricia A. Pilia, Ph.D.
Date March      , 1998    -----------------------------------------------------
                              Patricia A. Pilia, Ph.D.

                              /s/ Arthur H. Hayes, Jr., M.D.
Date March      , 1998    -----------------------------------------------------
                              Arthur H. Hayes, Jr., M.D.

                              /s/ Mark B. Hacken
Date March      , 1998    -----------------------------------------------------
                              Mark B. Hacken

                              /s/ Randolph C. Steer, Ph.D.
Date March      , 1998    -----------------------------------------------------
                              Randolph C. Steer, Ph.D.