2.4.0.81030 - Disclosure - MERGER TRANSITION AND RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIEStruefalsefalse1false falsefalseD2013Q2YTDhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0001182129duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1auxl_MergerTransitionAndRestructuringActivitiesAbstractauxl_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0MERGER TRANSITION AND RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES2false 2us-gaap_RestructuringAndRelatedActivitiesDisclosureTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;"> 3.     MERGER TRANSITION AND RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES   As discussed in Note (2), $8,309 of the Actient purchase consideration represents compensation payable to former Actient management upon completion of their retention period with the Company. This amount was recorded as a prepaid asset as of the date of the acquisition and is being amortized to expense as compensation cost over such retention period. As of June 30, 2013, $6,902 of this merger consideration has been expensed and the remainder of this prepaid will be expensed in the third quarter of 2013. If any of this management holdback of consideration is forfeited by the former Actient management as a result of their failure to complete the required retention period, such consideration will revert to the previous owners of Actient.   In connection with the acquisition of Actient, the Company undertook actions to realign its sales,  sales support, and management activities and staffing which included severance benefits to former Actient employees. For former Actient employees that have agreed to continue employment with the Company for a merger transition period, the severance payable upon completion of their retention period is being expensed over their respective retention period. All severance obligations are expected to amount to $6,360, of which during the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 $3,123 has been expensed and $210 had been paid.   </div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 146 -Paragraph 20 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394695&loc=d3e140904-122747 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394695&loc=d3e140864-122747 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) -Number Topic 5 -Section P -Subsection 3, 4 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 false0MERGER TRANSITION AND RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIESfalseMERGER TRANSITION AND RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIESUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruefalsefalseSheethttp://www.auxilium.com/role/DisclosureMergerTransitionAndRestructuringActivities12