SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  November 14, 2002
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                                  OXiGENE, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


     Delaware                    0-21990                     13-3679168
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 (State or other              (Commission                (IRS Employer
 jurisdiction of               File Number)               Identification No.)
 incorporation)


    321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA                               02472
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  (Address of principal executive offices)                       (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (617) 673-7800
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                                 Not Applicable
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)




Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

         (a) Financial statements of businesses acquired. Not applicable.

         (b) Pro forma financial information. Not applicable.

         (c) Exhibits.

             Exhibit
                No.                  Title
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               99.1                  Certification of Chief Executive Officer
                                     and Chief Accounting Officer

Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure

     In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of OXiGENE,  INC. (the
"Company") for the quarterly  period ended September 30, 2002, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission  concurrently  herewith,  the Company hereby
furnishes the written  statement  required by Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002. On November 14, 2002,  Frederick W.  Driscoll,  President and Chief
Executive  Officer of the Company,  and Richard A. St.  Germain,  Controller and
Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, each executed this written statement. A
copy of the  foregoing  written  statement is attached  hereto as an exhibit and
incorporated herein by reference.

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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                            OXiGENE, INC.
                                            (Registrant)


Date: November 14, 2002                     By: /s/ Frederick W. Driscoll
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                                                    Frederick W. Driscoll
                                                    President and
                                                    Chief Executive Officer

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

                Exhibit
                  No.                 Title
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                 99.1                 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
                                      and Chief Accounting Officer





                                                                    Exhibit 99.1


                                  Certification
            Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
       (Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18,
                               United States Code)

     Pursuant to section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a)
and (b) of section 1350,  chapter 63 of title 18,  United States Code),  each of
the  undersigned  officers  of  OXiGENE,   INC.,  a  Delaware  corporation  (the
"Company"), does hereby certify, to such officer's knowledge, that:

     The Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002
(the "Form 10-Q") of the Company fully complies with the requirements of Section
13(a) or 15(d)  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  and the  information
contained  in the Form 10-Q  fairly  presents,  in all  material  respects,  the
financial condition and results of operations of the Company.



Dated: November 14, 2002                 By: /s/ Frederick W. Driscoll
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                                                 Frederick W. Driscoll
                                                 President and
                                                 Chief Executive Officer




Dated: November 14, 2002                 By: /s/ Richard A. St. Germain
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                                                 Richard A. St. Germain
                                                 Controller and
                                                 Chief Accounting Officer



     The foregoing  certification  is being furnished solely pursuant to section
906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350,
chapter 63 of title 18,  United States Code) and is not being filed as part of a
separate disclosure document.