Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award fair value assumptions expected forfeiture rate.

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Share based compensation share warrants outstanding.

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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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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The number of shares under options that were cancelled during the reporting period as a result of occurrence of a terminating event specified in contractual agreements pertaining to the stock option plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Weighted average per share amount at which grantees can acquire shares of common stock by exercise of options.

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Equity Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2010
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Forfeiture rate		5.30%
Number of option, Granted		5,000
Stock options exercise price		$ 6.53
Warrants Outstanding		498,576	499,076
Performance Based Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of Options, Forfeited		470,000
Aytu [Member] \| Spinoff [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of Options, Forfeited		5,000
Ampio March 2010 Stock Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares of common stock reserved for issuance				11,700,000
Modified Outstanding Warrants [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expenses	$ 37,000
Warrants Outstanding	45,300