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Other Intangible Assets - Summary of Other Intangible Assets Net Consisting of Product Rights and Licenses (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Gross Carrying Value $ 10,950us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross $ 10,950us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
Accumulated Amortization (6,724)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization (5,753)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
Intangible Assets, net 4,226us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet 5,197us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Weighted average Useful Life 10 years 9 months 18 days 10 years 9 months 7 days
Product Rights [Member]    
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Gross Carrying Value 9,050us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= bdsi_ProductRightsMember
9,050us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= bdsi_ProductRightsMember
Accumulated Amortization (5,302)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= bdsi_ProductRightsMember
(4,427)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= bdsi_ProductRightsMember
Intangible Assets, net 3,748us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= bdsi_ProductRightsMember
4,623us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= bdsi_ProductRightsMember
Weighted average Useful Life 9 years 1 month 21 days 9 years 1 month 24 days
Licenses [Member]    
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Gross Carrying Value 1,900us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= bdsi_LicensesMember
1,900us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= bdsi_LicensesMember
Accumulated Amortization (1,422)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= bdsi_LicensesMember
(1,326)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= bdsi_LicensesMember
Intangible Assets, net $ 478us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= bdsi_LicensesMember
$ 574us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= bdsi_LicensesMember
Weighted average Useful Life 14 years 1 year 7 months 13 days