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The Company - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Oct. 31, 2013
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Organization And Nature Of Business [Line Items]          
Common stock initial public offering   7,728,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues      
Public offering price of the shares sold   $ 10.00us-gaap_EquityIssuancePerShareAmount      
Net proceeds from initial public offering   $ 68,300,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceInitialPublicOffering      
Underwriting discounts and commissions   5,400,000us-gaap_ExpenseRelatedToDistributionOrServicingAndUnderwritingFees      
Payments of stock issuance costs     1,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfStockIssuanceCosts    
Expenses for initial public offering   3,600,000aeri_PaymentsofStockIssuanceCostsOfferingExpenses      
Common stock issued and sold under sales agreement 1,204,248aeri_CommonStockIssuedandSoldunderSalesAgreement        
Proceeds from sale of common stock     35,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock  
Convertible notes          
Organization And Nature Of Business [Line Items]          
Gross proceeds 125,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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Net proceeds from issuance of debt     124,100,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromConvertibleDebt
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Debt instrument, discounts and certain expenses 875,000aeri_DebtInstrumentOriginalUnamortizedDiscount
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Stock Offering Underwriter Over-Allotments Option          
Organization And Nature Of Business [Line Items]          
Common stock initial public offering   1,008,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
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Maximum          
Organization And Nature Of Business [Line Items]          
Shelf registration statement, aggregate dollar amount     150,000,000aeri_ShelfRegistrationStatementAggregateDollarAmount
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Cantor Fitzgerald and Co. | Common stock | Maximum          
Organization And Nature Of Business [Line Items]          
Shelf registration statement, aggregate dollar amount     $ 50,000,000aeri_ShelfRegistrationStatementAggregateDollarAmount
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