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License Fee Payment

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License Fees Payable

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Milestone Payment To Be Received If Requirements Are Met

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Percent of Royalties Payable under License Agreement

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The amount of milestone payments received during the period.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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License Fee Payable (Details) - USD ($)			9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
License Fee Payable (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 18, 2019	Mar. 01, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Feb. 28, 2018
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Percent of counterparty payable offset by guarantor						50.00%
Proceeds from milestone payments		$ 6,100,000
License fee payment		5,600,000
License fees payable	$ 8,100,000
License fees				$ 0	$ 5,400,000
License fees				0	2,700,000
Net sales				40,519,800	$ 13,982,177
License Agreement
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Percent of royalties payable under license agreement	90.00%
Adapt
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Reduction in Milestone Payment		$ 6,250,000
Adapt \| SWK Purchase Agreement
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Milestone payment to be received if requirements are met	$ 2,700,000
Third Party Licensee
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Maximum reduction in quarterly royalty payable payments in next twelve months	$ 9,000,000.0
SWK Funding LLC \| SWK Purchase Agreement
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Percent of royalties payable under license agreement	10.00%
EBS
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Maximum reduction in quarterly royalty payable payments in next twelve months	$ 1,800,000
Narcan
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
License fees				$ 8,100,000
Minimum sales requirement for milestone payment	200,000,000
Milestone payment to be received if requirements are met	15,000,000
Narcan \| License Agreement
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Milestone payment to be received if requirements are met	$ 13,500,000
Narcan
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Net sales			$ 200,000,000