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Allowance for Chargebacks

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Revenue Recognition, Distribution Agreement Payment Period

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Revenue Recognition, Distribution Agreement, Wire Transfer Payment Period

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Revenue Recognition, Fees for Service, Discount Settlement Period

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Revenue Recognition, Multiple-Deliverable Arrangements, Determination of Selling Price, Percentage

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Revenue Recognition, Product Return Period

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Revenue Recognition, Product Return Period After Label Expiration

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Revenue Recognition, Product Return Period Before Label Expiration

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Revenue Recognition, Revenue Agreement, Notice for Renewal Period

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Revenue Recognition, Revenue Agreement, Notice for Termination Period

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Revenue Recognition, Revenue Agreement Renewal Period

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For unclassified balance sheet, amounts due from customers or clients for goods or services that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business.

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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Amount of deferred revenue as of balance sheet date. Deferred revenue represents collections of cash or other assets related to a revenue producing activity for which revenue has not yet been recognized. Generally, an entity records deferred revenue when it receives consideration from a customer before achieving certain criteria that must be met for revenue to be recognized in conformity with GAAP.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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Amount of Net Income (Loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest.

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Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended
Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2010	Feb. 28, 2007
Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest
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Product return period	18 months
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Integrated Commercialization Solutions, Inc [Member]
Revenue Recognition
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Revenue agreement renewal notice period	90 days
Revenue agreement termination notice period	180 days
Distribution agreement payment period				45 days	30 days
Distribution agreement payment period if pay by wire transfer				49 days
Integrated Commercialization Solutions, Inc [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
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Concentration risk, percentage	95.00%	89.00%	90.00%
Integrated Commercialization Solutions, Inc [Member] \| Accounts Receivable [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentrations of Credit Risk
Concentration risk, percentage	95.00%	92.00%
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