NOTE 1 BUSINESS	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
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NOTE 1 BUSINESS	NOTE 1 BUSINESS A.P. Pharma, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our”) is a specialty pharmaceutical company developing products using its proprietary Biochronomer™ polymer-based drug delivery platform. This drug delivery platform is designed to improve the therapeutic profile of injectable pharmaceuticals by converting them from products that must be injected once or twice per day to products that need to be injected only once every one or two weeks. The Company’s lead product candidate, APF530, is being developed for the prevention of both acute CINV for patients undergoing both moderately and highly emetogenic chemotherapy and for the prevention of delayed CINV for patients undergoing moderately emetogenic chemotherapy. One of the most debilitating side effects of cancer chemotherapy, CINV is a leading cause of premature discontinuations of treatment. There is only one injectable 5-HT3 antagonist approved for the prevention of delayed-onset CINV, so this indication represents an area of particular unmet medical need. APF530 contains the 5-HT3 antagonist granisetron formulated in the Company’s proprietary Biochonomer™ drug delivery system, which allows therapeutic drug levels to be maintained for five days with a single subcutaneous injection. This five-day range is designed to cover the delayed phase of CINV. Granisetron was selected for APF530 because it is widely prescribed by physicians based on a well-established record of safety and efficacy. In May 2009, we filed the original New Drug Application (NDA) seeking approval for APF530 with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA issued a Complete Response Letter for the APF530 in March 2010. We met with the FDA in February and March 2011 to clarify the work needed to address the issues identified in the letter. In September 2012, we resubmitted the NDA seeking approval for APF530 with the FDA. The FDA set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date of March 27, 2013. We own the worldwide rights to APF530 and are in the early stage of building commercial infrastructure necessary to commercialize APF530 in the U.S. on our own. We are seeking corporate partners to commercialize APF530 in markets outside of the U.S.

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12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

NOTE 1 BUSINESS

A.P. Pharma, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our”) is a specialty pharmaceutical company developing products using its proprietary Biochronomer™ polymer-based drug delivery platform. This drug delivery platform is designed to improve the therapeutic profile of injectable pharmaceuticals by converting them from products that must be injected once or twice per day to products that need to be injected only once every one or two weeks.

The Company’s lead product candidate, APF530, is being developed for the prevention of both acute CINV for patients undergoing both moderately and highly emetogenic chemotherapy and for the prevention of delayed CINV for patients undergoing moderately emetogenic chemotherapy. One of the most debilitating side effects of cancer chemotherapy, CINV is a leading cause of premature discontinuations of treatment. There is only one injectable 5-HT3 antagonist approved for the prevention of delayed-onset CINV, so this indication represents an area of particular unmet medical need. APF530 contains the 5-HT3 antagonist granisetron formulated in the Company’s proprietary Biochonomer™ drug delivery system, which allows therapeutic drug levels to be maintained for five days with a single subcutaneous injection. This five-day range is designed to cover the delayed phase of CINV. Granisetron was selected for APF530 because it is widely prescribed by physicians based on a well-established record of safety and efficacy.

In May 2009, we filed the original New Drug Application (NDA) seeking approval for APF530 with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA issued a Complete Response Letter for the APF530 in March 2010. We met with the FDA in February and March 2011 to clarify the work needed to address the issues identified in the letter. In September 2012, we resubmitted the NDA seeking approval for APF530 with the FDA. The FDA set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date of March 27, 2013.

We own the worldwide rights to APF530 and are in the early stage of building commercial infrastructure necessary to commercialize APF530 in the U.S. on our own. We are seeking corporate partners to commercialize APF530 in markets outside of the U.S.