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Number of equal quarterly increments over which the awards vest under the share based payment arrangement.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from entity's raising of capital via private rather than public placement.

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The cash inflow from issuance of rights to purchase common shares at predetermined price (usually issued together with corporate debt).

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The weighted-average price as of the balance sheet date at which grantees can acquire the shares reserved for issuance on vested portions of options outstanding and currently exercisable under the stock option plan.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Expected term of award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Number of non-vested options outstanding.

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Number of new stock issued during the period.

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STOCK TRANSACTIONS (Details)	Oct. 01, 2020 shares	Sep. 22, 2020 shares	Sep. 14, 2020 USD ($) shares	Aug. 11, 2020 USD ($) item $ / shares shares	Jun. 17, 2020 USD ($) item $ / shares shares	Mar. 18, 2020 USD ($) shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Weighted Average Exercise Price \| $ / shares				$ 3.59
Net proceeds from private placement \| $						$ 41,300,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Rate				0.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate				80.51%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate				0.365%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Term				6 years
ATM Equity Offering Sales Agreement [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares issued (in shares)	30,000,000
Private Placement [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares issued (in shares)			200,000			17,604,423
Proceeds from issuance of warrants \| $			$ 472,000
Certain employees
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period					10 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross					760,311
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Weighted Average Exercise Price \| $ / shares					$ 3.66
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period					4 years
Number of equal quarterly increments \| item					16
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value \| $ / shares					$ 3.66
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Grant Date Fair Value \| $					$ 1,900,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Rate					0.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate					80.49%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate					0.45%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Term					6 years
President and Chief Executive Officer [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross				447,927
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period				4 years
Number of equal quarterly increments \| item				16
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Grant Date Fair Value \| $				$ 1,600,000
Sr. Vice President And Chief Development Officer [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period					10 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross					196,995
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Weighted Average Exercise Price \| $ / shares					$ 3.59
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period					4 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value \| $ / shares					$ 3.59
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Grant Date Fair Value \| $					$ 500,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Rate					0.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate					80.43%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate					0.59%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Term					6 years
Sr. Vice President And Chief Development Officer [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross				246,146
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested, Number of Shares		27,855
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares		218,291
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period				4 years
Number of equal quarterly increments \| item				16
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Grant Date Fair Value \| $				$ 900,000
Vice President [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period				10 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross				122,656
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Weighted Average Exercise Price \| $ / shares				$ 3.59
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period				4 years
Number of equal quarterly increments \| item				16
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Grant Date Fair Value \| $				$ 300,000