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Note Payable - Schedule Showing Allocation of Secured Loan Facility to Notes Payable and Midcap Warrants (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Debt [Line Items]  
Total proceeds $ 20,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSecuredNotesPayable
Note payable [Member]  
Debt [Line Items]  
Total proceeds 19,014us-gaap_ProceedsFromSecuredNotesPayable
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= bdsi_NotesPayableMember
Midcap warrant [Member]  
Debt [Line Items]  
Total proceeds $ 986us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_WarrantMember