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Business Acquisition, Voting Rights Percent Threshold For One Board Observer

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Business Acquisition, Voting Rights Percent Threshold For Two Board Observers

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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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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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ACQUISITION OF CONTROLLING INTEREST IN THE COMPANY - Narrative (Details) - FBIO Acquisitions Inc. - $ / shares	Feb. 11, 2019	Nov. 14, 2018
B. Riley Financial, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Share price for acquisition (in dollars per share)		$ 3.25
B. Riley Financial, Inc. \| Common Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of shares tendered (in shares)		7,037,482
Percentage of voting interests acquired (as a percent)		56.10%
Share price for acquisition (in dollars per share)		$ 3.25
Voting rights threshold for two board observers		24.00%
Voting rights threshold for one board observer		5.00%
Immediate Purchase \| B. Riley Financial, Inc. \| Common Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of shares tendered (in shares)		3,010,054
Purchase After Period Of Time From FINRA Approval \| B. Riley Financial, Inc. \| Common Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of shares tendered (in shares)	3,149,496
Purchase After Period Of Time From FINRA Approval \| Third Parties \| Common Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of shares tendered (in shares)	877,932