A.P. Pharma To Raise $53.6 Million In Common Stock Offering

A.P. Pharma, Inc. (OTCBB: APPA.OB), a specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with certain new and existing institutional investors relating to a private placement of common stock. In the transaction, the investors have agreed to purchase 102,000,000 shares at $0.525 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $53.6 million. The transaction is expected to close on or around July 30, 2012, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

“We believe the $53.6 million to be raised will place the Company in a strong financial position as we approach the commercialization phase with our lead product, APF530, which we are developing for the prevention of both acute- and delayed-onset chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting,” stated John B. Whelan, president and chief executive officer. Mr. Whelan continued, “We recently completed filling our three registration lots and also have reached agreement with the FDA on our protocol for our human factors validation study, which we plan to complete shortly. We plan to resubmit our New Drug Application to the FDA in September 2012.”

Jefferies & Company, Inc. acted as lead placement agent in the Offering. JMP Securities LLC acted as co-lead placement agent.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

The securities sold in the private placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements. The Company has agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC registering the resale of the shares of common stock sold in the private placement.

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