Via Facsimile and U.S. Mail Mail Stop 6010 November 22, 2005 Mr. Gordon Sangster Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer AP Pharma, Inc. 123 Saginaw Drive Redwood City, California 94063 Re: AP Pharma, Inc. Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004 File No. 000-16109 Dear Mr. Sangster: We have completed our review of your Form 10-K and have no further comments at this time. Sincerely, Jim Atkinson Accounting Branch Chief