NOTES AND LOANS PAYABLE (Details Textual) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended					3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015	Jul. 29, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Aug. 31, 2014	Feb. 28, 2014	Aug. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Notes and Loans Payable [Line Items]
Amortization of Debt Discount (Premium)							$ 1,000,000
Interest Expense							827,000	$ 3,404,000
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net							3,111,000
Term Charge Description			The Loan Agreement includes an end of term charge of $0.5 million payable on the earliest to occur of (i) the Term Loan Maturity Date, (ii) the date that Borrower prepays the outstanding Secured Obligations in full, or (iii) the date that the Secured Obligations become due and payable in full (as defined in the Loan Agreement). The Company has accrued this charge as of each reporting period accruing up to the $0.5 million charge over the 37-month term of the Loan Agreement because this charge is a cost of the debt and the Company is obligated to make this payment in the future.
Debt Instrument, Term Charge							$ 100,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights							275,000
Debt Issuance Cost						$ 1,300,000	$ 1,300,000
Debt Instrument, Additional Borrowings							5,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Revolving Credit Conversion to Term Loan, Description				the revolving line of credit was amended to remove Melini’s right to terminate the line of credit and extended to provide Melini the right to terminate the line on the earlier of (i) one year from the amendment date, or (ii) the completion of a capital raise in excess of $5.0 million.
Placement agent [Member]
Notes and Loans Payable [Line Items]
Payments for Brokerage Fees							$ 300,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights							350,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights			$ 1.78				$ 1.78
Warrants Not Settleable in Cash, Fair Value Disclosure							$ 400,000
Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. [Member]
Notes and Loans Payable [Line Items]
Warrants and Rights Outstanding							200,000
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment							$ 1,000,000
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date							Sep. 01, 2018
Interest Expense							$ 300,000
Long-term Debt, Gross			$ 4,500,000
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal			$ 100,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Terms							interest rate on the Hercules Loan is calculated at the greater of 10% or the prime rate plus 5.25%
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights			214,853				214,853
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights			$ 1.70				$ 1.70
Warrants Not Settleable in Cash, Fair Value Disclosure			$ 300,000
Debt Instrument, Additional Borrowings			$ 5,000,000
Additional Warrants to be Issued			279,412				279,412
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Notes and Loans Payable [Line Items]
Line of Credit, Current				$ 5,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End				12.00%
Line of Credit [Member]
Notes and Loans Payable [Line Items]
Reimbursement For Direct Financial and Administrative Expenses	$ 300,000
Mablife Notes Payable [Member]
Notes and Loans Payable [Line Items]
Repayments of Debt							$ 100,000
Interest Expense, Debt, Excluding Amortization							0	45,000
Senior Secured Term Loan [Member]
Notes and Loans Payable [Line Items]
Interest Expense							200,000	300,000
Term Loan [Member]
Notes and Loans Payable [Line Items]
Interest Expense							300,000
Fourth Amendment [Member]
Notes and Loans Payable [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment					$ 200,000
Midcap [Member]
Notes and Loans Payable [Line Items]
Loans Payable											$ 4,400,000
Midcap [Member] | Epicept Corporation [Member]
Notes and Loans Payable [Line Items]
Repayments of Secured Debt		$ 2,100,000
Termination Costs		$ 500,000
Tranche 2 [Member] | Midcap [Member]
Notes and Loans Payable [Line Items]
Debtor-in-Possession Financing, Unused Borrowings									$ 1,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage									11.50%
Warrants and Rights Outstanding							$ 300,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights							101,531
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights							$ 3.50
Mablife [Member]
Notes and Loans Payable [Line Items]
Loans Payable												$ 600,000
Royalty Rate Percent of Net Sales												0.60%
Purchase Obligation, Due in Fourth Year										$ 25,000
Purchase Obligation, Due in Fifth Year										35,000
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net							$ 408,000	$ 500,000
Mablife [Member] | Secondary Patent Rights [Member]
Notes and Loans Payable [Line Items]
Purchase Obligation										150,000
Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months										$ 15,000