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POWER OF ATTORNEY



I hereby constitute and appoint each of Brian Drazba and Ryan Murr as my true
and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director of AP Pharma, Inc/DE (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4
and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Act"), and the rules thereunder;


(2)do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5
and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and


(3)take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.


The undersigned hereby grants to each 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 if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all the acts such attorney-in-fact 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 each foregoing
attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
is not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section
16 of the Act.


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 the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of the date set forth below.


By: /s/ Stephen Davis
Print Name: Stephen Davis

Date: 1/7/2014






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