Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Stonepine Capital Management, LLC
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/13/2016
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Recro Pharma, Inc. [REPH]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
919 NW BOND STREET, SUITE 204
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

BEND, OR 97703
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 2,874,317
D (1) (2)
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Stonepine Capital Management, LLC
919 NW BOND STREET
SUITE 204
BEND, OR 97703
    X    

Signatures

Stonepine Capital Management, LLC, by Jon M. Plexico, Manager 12/16/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The filers (the "Filers") are Stonepine Capital Management, LLC (the "General Partner"), Stonepine Capital, L.P. (the "Partnership"), Jon M. Plexico and Timothy P. Lynch. The General Partner is the general partner and investment adviser of investment funds, including the Partnership (collectively, the "Funds"). Mr. Plexico and Mr. Lynch are the General Partner's managers and control persons. These securities are held directly by the Funds for the benefit of their investors and are indirectly beneficially owned by the General Partner and Mr. Plexico and Mr. Lynch as the General Partner's control persons. The General Partner is filing this Form 3 for itself and the other Filers.
(2) The Filers are filing this Form 3 jointly, but not as a group, and each expressly disclaims membership in a group within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Each Filer disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of that Filer's pecuniary interest therein.

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