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The amount of expense provided in the period for legal costs incurred on or before the balance sheet date pertaining to resolved, pending or threatened litigation, including arbitration and mediation proceedings.

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Amount of cash inflow (outflow) from operating activities, excluding discontinued operations. Operating activity cash flows include transactions, adjustments, and changes in value not defined as investing or financing activities.

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Liquidity and Financial Condition (Details)				1 Months Ended		5 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Liquidity and Financial Condition (Details)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Aug. 10, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 13, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) stockholder	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Net (loss) income						$ 1,379,379	$ 11,515,000		$ 6,580,613	$ (7,814,256)
Accumulated deficit	$ (53,225,350)					(53,225,350)			(54,604,729)	(61,185,342)
Working capital	15,100,000					15,100,000
Net cash used in operating activities						$ (3,840,486)			5,556,162	(915,287)
Warrant Exercises, Number Of Stockholders \| stockholder						2
Proceeds from warrant exercise						$ 5,292,876			0	0
Termination notice period					60 days
Accounts receivable	11,696,676					$ 11,696,676			3,750,000	$ 312,498
SWK Purchase Agreement
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Upfront purchase price received under purchase agreement			$ 13,750,000						13,750,000
Legal fees			40,000						40,000
Proceeds from royalties received		$ 3,750,000		$ 13,710,000					17,460,000
Revenue recognition, percent recognized						90.00%
Accounts receivable	$ 11,696,676					$ 11,696,676			$ 3,750,000
Minimum \| SWK Purchase Agreement
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Cumulative net sales milestone								$ 25,000,000
SWK Funding LLC \| SWK Purchase Agreement
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Royalty and licensing revenue			$ 26,250,000
Royalty revenue, percent received upon milestone payment	10.00%		10.00%
Milestone period			6 years
Percent received upon milestone payment, without commercialization			5.00%
Percent received without milestone payment			7.86%
Percent received without milestone payment, without commercialization			3.93%
SWK Funding LLC \| Maximum \| SWK Purchase Agreement
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Royalty and licensing revenue			$ 20,625,000