• OxiGene Inc., of South San Francisco, entered agreements with institutional investors for a private placement of $5 million of zero coupon convertible preferred stock, convertible into approximately 1.38 million shares of common stock at a price of $3.63 apiece, and two series of warrants that may be exercised for up to approximately 2.76 million additional shares of common stock at a price of $3.40 apiece.