Sale of Royalties (Details Textual) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 13, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2016	Dec. 15, 2014
License Agreement Amendment Description	(i) $20,625,000 and then the Residual Royalty thereafter or (ii) $26,250,000, if Adapt has received in excess of $25,000,000 of cumulative Net Sales for any two consecutive fiscal quarters during the period from October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017 from the sale of NARCAN (the Earn Out Milestone), and then the Residual Royalty thereafter.
Residual Royalty Defined In Purchase Agreement	(i) if the Earn Out Milestone is paid, then SWK will receive 10% of all Royalties; provided, however, if no generic version of NARCAN is commercialized prior to the sixth anniversary of the Closing, then SWK shall receive 5% of all Royalties after such date, and (ii) if the Earn Out Milestone is not paid, then SWK will receive 7.86% of all Royalties; provided, however, that if no generic version of NARCAN is commercialized prior to the sixth anniversary of the Closing, then SWK will receive 3.93% of all Royalties after such date.
Purchase Agreement Grants Description	(i) the right to receive the statements produced by Adapt pursuant to Section 5.6 of the Adapt Agreement and (ii) the right, to the extent possible under the Purchase Agreement, to cure any breach of or default under any Product Agreement by the Company.
Upfront Purchase Price Received Under Purchase Agreement	$ 13,750,000
Milestone Payment Receivable Under Purchase Agreement	$ 3,750,000
Indemnification Obligations Under Purchase Agreement Description	Absent fraud by the Company, the Companys indemnification obligations under the Purchase Agreement shall not exceed, individually or in the aggregate, an amount equal to the Purchase Price plus an annual rate of return of 12% (compounded monthly) as of any date of determination, with a total indemnification cap not to exceed 150% of the Purchase Price, less all Royalties received by SWK, without duplication, under the Purchase Agreement prior to and through resolution of the applicable claim.
Finite-Lived License Agreements, Gross					$ 20,000,000
Legal Fees	$ 40,000		$ 40,000
Royalty Revenue			18,406,142	$ 5,097,595
Proceeds from Royalties Received		$ 13,710,000	17,460,000
Accounts Receivable, Net, Current			3,750,000	$ 312,498
SWK Purchase Agreement [Member]
Royalty Revenue			17,460,000
Proceeds from Royalties Received			$ 13,750,000