COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended				3 Months Ended						3 Months Ended															3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	23 Months Ended	60 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2013 Access Pharmaceuticals [Member] Annual Sales, Certain Products [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Access Pharmaceuticals [Member] Annual Sales, Certain Products [Member] Maximum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Access Pharmaceuticals [Member] Annual Sales, Any One Certain Product [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Access Pharmaceuticals [Member] Cumulative Sales, Certain Products [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Access Pharmaceuticals [Member] Cumulative Sales, Certain Products [Member] Maximum [Member]	Mar. 07, 2008 ProStrakan Ltd [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Kerry P. Gray [Member]		Mar. 31, 2012 Kerry P. Gray [Member]		Mar. 31, 2011 Kerry P. Gray [Member]		Mar. 31, 2013 Terrance K. Wallberg [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Terrance K. Wallberg [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Terrance K. Wallberg [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Key Executives [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Key Executives [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Key Executives [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Altrazeal Trading Ltd. [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Altrazeal Trading Ltd. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Altrazeal Trading Ltd. [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Altrazeal Trading Ltd. [Member] Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Altrazeal Trading Ltd. [Member] Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Altrazeal Trading Ltd. [Member] Accounts Receivable [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Altrazeal Trading Ltd. [Member] Accounts Receivable [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Chairman, CEO and President [Member]	Mar. 09, 2009 Chairman, CEO and President [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Office and Laboratory Space [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Office and Laboratory Space [Member]	Feb. 22, 2013 Office and Laboratory Space [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Office and Laboratory Space [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Office Equipment [Member]
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Minimum monthly lease obligation																																$ 9,128		$ 9,776	$ 9,330	$ 744
Future minimum monthly lease obligation after specified period																																	9,314
Minimum monthly lease obligation on exercise of option																																	8,751
Lease term																																	2 years
Amended lease term on exercise of option																																	5 years
Increase in minimum monthly lease obligation																																	186
Future minimum lease payments [Abstract]
2013 (Nine months)	88,848
2014	120,136
2015	28,686
2016	0
2017	0
Total	237,670
Rent expense for operating lease	25,028	31,969
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
Period for separation health coverage																															24 months
Related Party Obligations [Abstract]
Related party sales																							71,000
Accounts Receivable, Related Parties, Current																							76,000		101,000
Concentration Risk, Percentage																										70.00%	0.00%	75.00%	77.00%
Summary of compensation earned, compensation paid in cash, and compensation temporarily deferred [Abstract]
Deferred compensation liability	(21,867)	272,156	197,838								(28,500)	[1]	220,673	[1]	140,313	[1]	6,633	24,230	36,539	0	27,253	20,986
Deferred compensation	448,127			469,994							332,486	[1]					67,402			48,239
Deferred compensation liability pursuant to separation agreement											11,500
Deferred compensation liability pursuant to duties as chairman											52,500
Repayment of temporarily deferred compensation											92,500
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under March 2013 offering											80,000
Compensation accounts payable	270,000			310,000
Compensation accrued liabilities	178,127			159,994
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 2013, Mr. Gray temporarily deferred compensation of $11,500 earned pursuant to a Separation Agreement and $52,500 for his duties as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Gray was also repaid $92,500 of temporarily deferred compensation, of which $80,000 was used by Mr. Gray for funding required pursuant to the March 2013 Offering.