POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby authorizes Peter
M. Strumph, Daron Evans, and David M. Tanen of Nile Therapeutics, Inc. ("Nile"),
to execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as a Section 16 reporting person of Nile, Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any amendments
thereto, and cause such form(s) to be filed with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission and The NASDAQ Stock Market. 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 personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney's-in-fact
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 Nile assuming, any
of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended or the rules promulgated thereunder.
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 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of, and transactions in, securities issued by Nile,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 29th day of May, 2008.
/s/ Joshua A. Kazam
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Joshua A. Kazam