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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 18, 2021&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;">Registration No. 333-</p>

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<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>FORM S-8</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">UNDER</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</p>

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<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>ACELRX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.</b></p>

<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>25821 Industrial Boulevard, Suite 400</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Raffi Asadorian</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Chief Financial Officer</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>(650) 216-3500</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Mark B. Weeks</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>John McKenna</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>(650) 843-5000</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">Accelerated filer &#9744;</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</p>

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			<p style="font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;)</p>
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			<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 27pt;">Reserved for future issuance under the Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Amended 2020 Plan&#8221;)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">&nbsp;4,300,000</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">$0.915 (3)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">$3,934,500</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">$430</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;text-indent:-36pt;">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock that become issuable under the Amended 2020 Plan set forth herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;text-indent:-36pt;">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement registers the offer and sale of an aggregate of 4,300,000 shares of Common Stock of AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) that are or that may become issuable under the Amended 2020 Plan. For more details, see the Explanatory Note following this cover page.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;text-indent:-36pt;">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act, and based on the average of the high and low sales prices of Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Global Market on August 17, 2021.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>EXPLANATORY NOTE</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering additional shares of the common stock of AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) to be issued pursuant to the Registrant&#8217;s Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan. The contents of the Registrant&#8217;s registration statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-239213) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) are incorporated by reference.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>PART II</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">The following documents have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission and are incorporated herein by reference:</p>

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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">The Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1427925/000143774921006074/acrx20201231_10k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">March 15, 2021</a>;</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">The Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021, filed with the Commission on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1427925/000143774921012540/acrx20210331_10q.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">May 17, 2021</a> and <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1427925/000143774921020165/acrx20210630_10q.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">August 16, 2021</a>, respectively;</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">The Registrant&#8217;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001427925/000143774921000693/acrx20210113_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">January 14, 2021</a>&nbsp;(solely with respect to Item 8.01), <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001427925/000143774921001035/acrx20210121_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">January 21, 2021</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001427925/000143774921002941/acrx20210215_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">February 16, 2021</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001427925/000143774921005433/acrx20210309_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">March 9, 2021</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001427925/000143774921007671/acrx20210329_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">March 30, 2021</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001427925/000143774921007874/acrx20210330_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">March 31, 2021</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001427925/000143774921009908/acrx20210426_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">April 27, 2021</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001427925/000143774921015096/acrx20210617_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">June 17, 2021</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001427925/000143774921016922/acrx20210713_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">July 14, 2021</a>, and <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001427925/000143774921017873/acrx20210728_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">July 29, 2021</a>; and</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">The description of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#8217;s registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1427925/000119312511020168/d8a12b.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">February 1, 2011</a>, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, other than current reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form&nbsp;8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all of the shares of Common Stock offered have been sold or which deregisters all of such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">For purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Item 8.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Exhibits.</b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Incorporation by Reference</b></p>
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			<b>Number</b></td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 48%; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid black;"><b>Exhibit Description </b></td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Form</b></p>
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			<b>File</b>&nbsp;<b>No.</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Exhibit</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt; text-align: center;"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Filing</b>&nbsp;<b>Date</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt; text-align: right;"><a id="link" name="link" title="link"></a>3.1</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1427925/000119312511040233/dex31.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt; text-align: right;">8-K</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;text-indent:9pt;">001-35068</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;text-indent:9pt;">3.1</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;">2/28/2011</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;">3.2</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1427925/000143774919012706/ex_148566.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant</a></p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;text-indent:9pt;">8-K</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;text-indent:9pt;">00-35068</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;text-indent:9pt;">3.1</p>
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			<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt; text-align: right;">6/25/2019</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;">3.3</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1427925/000119312511003822/dex34.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant</a></p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;text-indent:9pt;">S-1</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;text-indent:9pt;">333-170594</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;text-indent:9pt;">3.4</p>
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			<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt; text-align: right;">1/7/2011</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;">4.1</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 4pt;">Reference is made to Exhibits <a href="#link" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">3.1</a> through <a href="#link" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">3.3</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;">4.2</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 4pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1427925/000119312511019097/dex42.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Specimen Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant.</a></p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;text-indent:9pt;">S-1</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;text-indent:9pt;">333-170594</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;text-indent:9pt;">4.2</p>
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			<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt; text-align: right;">1/31/2011</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;">5.1</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 4pt;"><a href="ex_276796.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Opinion of Cooley LLP</a></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 4pt;"><a href="ex_276794.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Consent of OUM &amp; Co. LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</a></p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;">23.2</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 48%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 4pt;"><a href="ex_276796.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Consent of Cooley LLP&nbsp;(included in Exhibit 5.1).</a></p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 48%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;">24.1</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 48%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 4pt;"><a href="#poa" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Power of Attorney. Reference is made to the signature page of this Form S-8.</a></p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 48%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;">99.1+</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 48%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 4pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1427925/000143774921015096/ex_258026.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan</a></p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;text-indent:9pt;">8-K</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;text-indent:9pt;">001-35068</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;text-indent:9pt;">10.1</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;">6/17/2021</p>
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<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 45pt;">+ Indicates management contract or compensatory plan</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>SIGNATURES</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S&#8209;8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Hayward, State of California, on August 18, 2021.</p>

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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><b>ACELRX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.</b></p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">By: </font></p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 9pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ </font>Vincent J. Angotti<font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18pt;">&nbsp;Vincent J. Angotti</p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18pt;"><i>&nbsp;Chief Executive Officer</i></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b><a id="poa" name="poa" title="poa"></a>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>

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<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><font style="font-variant:small-caps;">Know all persons by these presents</font></b>, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints <b>VINCENT J. ANGOTTI</b> and <b>RAFFI ASADORIAN</b>, and each or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</p>

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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">/s/ Vincent J. Angotti</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">Chief Executive Officer and Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">August 18, 2021</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">Vincent J. Angotti</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">(Principal Executive Officer)</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">/s/ Raffi Asadorian</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">Chief Financial Officer</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">August 18, 2021</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">Raffi Asadorian</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">/s/ Adrian Adams</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">Chairman</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">August 18, 2021</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">/s/ Richard Afable</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">August 18, 2021</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">/s/ Marina Bozilenko</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">Marina Bozilenko</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">August 18, 2021</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">Pamela P. Palmer</p>
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acrx20210817_s8.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 18, 2021
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ACELRX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
41-2193603
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
25821 Industrial Boulevard, Suite 400
Hayward, CA 94545
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Raffi Asadorian
Chief Financial Officer
AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
25821 Industrial Boulevard, Suite 400
Hayward, CA 94545
(650) 216-3500
(Name and address of agent for service) (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Mark B. Weeks
John McKenna
Cooley LLP
3175 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 843-5000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ☐
Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☒
Smaller reporting company ☒
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered
(1)(2)
Proposed Maximum
Offering
Price per Share
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share ("Common Stock")
-
Reserved for future issuance under the Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Amended 2020 Plan")
4,300,000
$0.915 (3)
$3,934,500
$430
(1)         Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant's Common Stock that become issuable under the Amended 2020 Plan set forth herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant's Common Stock.
(2)         This Registration Statement registers the offer and sale of an aggregate of 4,300,000 shares of Common Stock of AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Registrant") that are or that may become issuable under the Amended 2020 Plan. For more details, see the Explanatory Note following this cover page.
(3)         Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act, and based on the average of the high and low sales prices of Registrant's Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Global Market on August 17, 2021.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering additional shares of the common stock of AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Registrant") to be issued pursuant to the Registrant's Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan. The contents of the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-239213) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission and are incorporated herein by reference:
●
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on
March 15, 2021
;
●
The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021, filed with the Commission on
May 17, 2021
and
August 16, 2021
, respectively;
●
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
January 14, 2021
(solely with respect to Item 8.01),
January 21, 2021
,
February 16, 2021
,
March 9, 2021
,
March 30, 2021
,
March 31, 2021
,
April 27, 2021
,
June 17, 2021
,
July 14, 2021
, and
July 29, 2021
; and
●
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on
February 1, 2011
, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, other than current reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all of the shares of Common Stock offered have been sold or which deregisters all of such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
For purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Incorporation by Reference
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
Form
SEC
File
No.
Exhibit
Filing
Date
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
8-K
001-35068
3.1
2/28/2011
3.2
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
8-K
00-35068
3.1
6/25/2019
3.3
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant
S-1
333-170594
3.4
1/7/2011
4.1
Reference is made to Exhibits
3.1
through
3.3
4.2
Specimen Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant.
S-1
333-170594
4.2
1/31/2011
5.1
Opinion of Cooley LLP
23.1
Consent of OUM & Co. LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney. Reference is made to the signature page of this Form S-8.
99.1+
Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan
8-K
001-35068
10.1
6/17/2021
+ Indicates management contract or compensatory plan
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S‑8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Hayward, State of California, on August 18, 2021.
ACELRX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:
/s/
Vincent J. Angotti
Vincent J. Angotti
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all persons by these presents
, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
VINCENT J. ANGOTTI
and
RAFFI ASADORIAN
, and each or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Vincent J. Angotti
Chief Executive Officer and Director
August 18, 2021
Vincent J. Angotti
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Raffi Asadorian
Chief Financial Officer
August 18, 2021
Raffi Asadorian
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Adrian Adams
Chairman
August 18, 2021
Adrian Adams
/s/ Richard Afable
Director
August 18, 2021
Richard Afable
/s/ Marina Bozilenko
Director
August 18, 2021
Marina Bozilenko
/s/ Mark G. Edwards
Director
August 18, 2021
Mark G. Edwards
/s/ Stephen J. Hoffman
Director
August 18, 2021
Stephen J. Hoffman
/s/ Pamela P. Palmer
Director
August 18, 2021
Pamela P. Palmer
/s/ Howard B. Rosen
Director
August 18, 2021
Howard B. Rosen
/s/ Mark Wan
Director
August 18, 2021
Mark Wan