Exhibit 24

			POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Ronald J. Prentki, Gregory Turnbull, Deborah Karlson or Natalie
Godfrey, the undersigned's 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 A.P.
	Pharma, Inc., Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)
	of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 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, 5, complete and execute any
	amendment or amendments thereto, 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 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 if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's 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 the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.

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 attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 7th day of November, 2008.

/s/Toby Rosenblat
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