COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended							12 Months Ended												12 Months Ended	21 Months Ended	60 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012 Access Pharmaceuticals [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Access Pharmaceuticals [Member] Annual Sales, Certain Products [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Access Pharmaceuticals [Member] Annual Sales, Certain Products [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Access Pharmaceuticals [Member] Annual Sales, Any One Certain Product [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Access Pharmaceuticals [Member] Cumulative Sales, Certain Products [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Access Pharmaceuticals [Member] Cumulative Sales, Certain Products [Member] Maximum [Member]	Mar. 07, 2008 ProStrakan Ltd [Member]	Mar. 07, 2008 ProStrakan Ltd [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Kerry P. Gray [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Kerry P. Gray [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Terrance K. Wallberg [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Terrance K. Wallberg [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Renaat Van den Hooff [Member]		Dec. 31, 2011 Renaat Van den Hooff [Member]		Dec. 31, 2012 Key Executives [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Key Executives [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Chairman, CEO and President [Member]	Mar. 09, 2009 Chairman, CEO and President [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Office and Laboratory Space [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Office and Laboratory Space [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Office and Laboratory Space [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Office Equipment [Member]
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Minimum monthly lease obligation																							$ 9,872	$ 9,776	$ 9,330	$ 744
Future minimum lease payments [Abstract]
2013	38,542
2014	8,926
2015	744
2016	0
2017	0
Total	48,212
Rent expense for operating lease	130,065	124,772
Employment Agreements [Abstract]
Term of employment	1 year
Renewal term	1 year
Separation Agreements [Line Items]
Total separation benefit payments																						400,000
Period for separation benefit payments																					48 months	12 months
Monthly separation benefits payments																						12,500
Forfeited stock options due to separation (in shares)																					20,000
Period for separation health coverage																						24 months
Summary of compensation earned, compensation paid in cash, and compensation temporarily deferred [Abstract]
Deferred Compensation Liability											220,673	140,313	24,230	36,539	(30,769)	[1]	30,769	[1]	27,253	20,986
Compensation - Deferred	469,994	228,607									360,986		60,769		0	[1]			48,239
Compensation Accounts Payable	310,000	107,500
Compensation Accrued Liabilities	159,994	121,107
Milestone payments [Line Items]
Future milestone obligations			4,750,000							1,400,000
Milestone for payment				$ 20,000,000	$ 40,000,000	$ 20,000,000	$ 50,000,000	$ 100,000,000
Royalty percentage (in hundredths)									30.00%

[1] During 2011, Mr. Van den Hooff temporarily deferred compensation of $30,769 earned pursuant to a Separation Agreement with such amount being repaid to Mr. Van den Hooff in 2012.