COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details)			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				13 Months Ended	15 Months Ended	23 Months Ended	48 Months Ended	60 Months Ended
		Dec. 24, 2015 EUR (€) € / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) shares	Mar. 16, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($)	May. 13, 2016 USD ($)	Feb. 22, 2013 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 24, 2015 $ / shares	Dec. 24, 2015 EUR (€) shares	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Mar. 07, 2008 USD ($)
Future minimum lease payments [Abstract]
2016 (Nine months)			$ 89,880
2017			119,840
2018			28,858
2019			0
2020			0
Total			238,578
Rent expense for operating lease			29,960	$ 31,165
Related Party Obligations [Abstract]
Outstanding accounts receivable			$ 0			$ 2,805
Concentration risk, percentage			100.00%	100.00%
License purchase and termination agreement [Abstract]
Issuance of common stock (in shares) | shares			62,974,431			36,834,933
Summary of compensation earned, compensation paid in cash, and compensation temporarily deferred [Abstract]
Deferred compensation liability			$ 42,282			$ 383,564		$ 150,000	$ 150,000								$ 150,000	$ 150,000
Deferred compensation			575,846			533,564
Compensation accrued liabilities			302,263			259,981
Compensation accounts payable			273,583			273,583
Milestone payments [Line Items]
Future milestone obligations			4,750,000
Kerry P. Gray [Member]
Summary of compensation earned, compensation paid in cash, and compensation temporarily deferred [Abstract]
Deferred compensation liability	[1],[2],[3]		0			275,153		150,000	150,000								150,000	150,000
Deferred compensation	[1],[2],[3]		425,153
Repayment of temporarily deferred compensation								269,986	312,500
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under March 2013 offering								100,000	300,000
Temporary advance of working capital						37,300
Kerry P. Gray [Member] | Temporarily Deferred Compensation [Member]
Summary of compensation earned, compensation paid in cash, and compensation temporarily deferred [Abstract]
Deferred compensation						275,153		150,000	582,486
Kerry P. Gray [Member] | President [Member]
Summary of compensation earned, compensation paid in cash, and compensation temporarily deferred [Abstract]
Deferred compensation						51,770		62,500
Kerry P. Gray [Member] | Board of Directors Chairman [Member]
Summary of compensation earned, compensation paid in cash, and compensation temporarily deferred [Abstract]
Deferred compensation						186,083		87,500
Terrance K. Wallberg [Member]
Summary of compensation earned, compensation paid in cash, and compensation temporarily deferred [Abstract]
Deferred compensation liability			25,897			53,540		0	0								0	0
Deferred compensation			79,437
Other Employees [Member]
Summary of compensation earned, compensation paid in cash, and compensation temporarily deferred [Abstract]
Deferred compensation liability			16,385			54,871		$ 0	$ 0								$ 0	$ 0
Deferred compensation			71,256
Altrazeal Trading GmbH [Member] | Licensing Agreements [Member]
License purchase and termination agreement [Abstract]
Percentage of ownership interest																25.00%
Transfer fee | €		€ 1,570,271
Issuance of common stock (in shares) | shares																4,441,606
Aggregate shares of common stock issued upon exercise of warrants (in shares) | shares																444,161
Warrants exercise price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares															$ 0.68
Term of warrants		1 year
Deduction in inventory payment (in dollars per share) | € / shares		€ 4.20
Number of days closing a registration statement		20 days
Common stock reissued (in shares) | shares		2,500,000
Altrazeal Trading GmbH [Member] | Licensing Agreements [Member] | Maximum [Member]
License purchase and termination agreement [Abstract]
Inventory payments | €																€ 88,834
Altrazeal Distributors [Member] | Revenue [Member]
Related Party Obligations [Abstract]
Related party sales			$ 0	$ 282,000
Concentration risk, percentage			0.00%	96.00%
Altrazeal Distributors [Member] | Accounts Receivable [Member]
Related Party Obligations [Abstract]
Outstanding accounts receivable			$ 0			$ 3,000
Concentration risk, percentage			0.00%			3.00%
IPMD GmbH [Member] | Licensing Agreements [Member]
License purchase and termination agreement [Abstract]
Transfer fee | €		€ 703,500
Issuance of common stock (in shares) | shares																2,095,241
Aggregate shares of common stock issued upon exercise of warrants (in shares) | shares																209,525
Warrants exercise price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares															$ 0.68
Term of warrants		1 year
Office and Laboratory Space [Member]
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Minimum monthly lease obligation					$ 9,436		$ 9,379			$ 9,193		$ 9,776		$ 9,330
Office Equipment [Member]
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Minimum monthly lease obligation													$ 744
Office Equipment [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Minimum monthly lease obligation											$ 551
Access Pharmaceuticals [Member] | Annual Sales, Certain Products [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Milestone payments [Line Items]
Milestone for payment			$ 20,000,000
Access Pharmaceuticals [Member] | Annual Sales, Certain Products [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Milestone payments [Line Items]
Milestone for payment			40,000,000
Access Pharmaceuticals [Member] | Annual Sales, Any One Certain Product [Member]
Milestone payments [Line Items]
Milestone for payment			20,000,000
Access Pharmaceuticals [Member] | Cumulative Sales, Certain Products [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Milestone payments [Line Items]
Milestone for payment			50,000,000
Access Pharmaceuticals [Member] | Cumulative Sales, Certain Products [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Milestone payments [Line Items]
Milestone for payment			$ 100,000,000
ProStrakan Ltd [Member]
Milestone payments [Line Items]
Royalty percentage			30.00%																30.00%
ProStrakan Ltd [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Milestone payments [Line Items]
Future milestone obligations			$ 1,400,000																$ 1,400,000

[1] During 2014, Mr. Gray temporarily deferred compensation of $150,000 which consisted of $62,500 earned as salary compensation for his duties as President of the Company and $87,500 for his duties as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Company's Board of Directors. During 2014, Mr. Gray was also repaid $269,986 of temporarily deferred compensation, of which $100,000 was used by Mr. Gray for funding required pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated March 14, 2013 (the "March 2013 Offering"). Prior to 2014, over a three year period Mr. Gray temporarily deferred, at various times, aggregate compensation of $582,486 and during the same time period was also repaid $312,500 of temporarily deferred compensation, of which $300,000 was used by Mr. Gray for funding required pursuant to the March 2013 Offering.

[2] During 2015, Mr. Gray temporarily deferred compensation of $275,153 which consisted of $51,770 earned as salary compensation for his duties as President of the Company, $186,083 for his duties as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Company's Board of Directors, and $37,300 as a temporary advance of working capital.

[3] On November 19, 2015, Mr. Gray resigned as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer and on February 18, 2016 resigned as a director for the Company.