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Stock Compensation (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Jun. 25, 2013
Number of Options        
Outstanding at the beginning of period (in shares) 1,401,101us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber      
Granted (in shares) 561,500us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross      
Forfeited or expired (vested and unvested) (in shares) (125,052)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriod      
Exercised (in shares) (107,963)us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised      
Outstanding at the end of the period (in shares) 1,729,586us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber 1,401,101us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber    
Weighted-Average Price Per Share        
Outstanding at the beginning of period (in dollars per share) $ 9.59us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice      
Granted (in dollars per share) $ 15.03us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice      
Forfeited or expired (vested and unvested) (in dollars per share) $ 12.97us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice      
Exercised (in dollars per share) $ 4.38us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice      
Outstanding at the end of the period (in dollars per share) $ 11.44us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice $ 9.59us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice    
Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years)        
Outstanding at the end of the period 8 years 5 months 5 days 8 years 11 months 12 days    
Aggregate Intrinsic Value        
Outstanding at the end of the period (in dollars) $ 50,155,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingIntrinsicValue $ 7,755,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingIntrinsicValue    
Information about the stock option plan        
Number of Options, vested and expected to vest (in shares) 1,671,313us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestOutstandingNumber      
Number of Options, exercisable (in shares) 752,397us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableNumber      
Weighted-Average Price Per Share, vested and expected to vest (in dollars per share) $ 11.37us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice      
Weighted-Average Price Per Share, exercisable (in dollars per share) $ 6.61us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice      
Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term, vested and expected to vest 8 years 4 months 28 days      
Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term, exercisable 7 years 6 months 29 days      
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, vested and expected to vest (in dollars) 48,588,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestOutstandingAggregateIntrinsicValue      
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, exercisable (in dollars) 25,452,000us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableIntrinsicValue1      
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised 1,400,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue 200,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue 100,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue  
Additional disclosures        
Unrecognized compensation cost (in dollars) 9,300,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized      
Weighted-average period over which remaining unrecognized compensation cost will be recognized 2 years 10 months 24 days      
Weighted-average grant-date fair value (in dollars per share) $ 10.15us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue $ 7.14us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue $ 1.33us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue  
Stock-based compensation expense $ 3,700,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 1,200,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 100,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense  
Assumptions used to compute the share-based compensation costs for stock options granted to employees and non-employees        
Risk-free interest rate (as a percent) 1.81%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate 1.45%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate 0.85%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate  
Weighted-average expected life of options (years) 6 years 3 months 26 days 6 years 3 months 4 days 6 years 3 months  
Volatility (as a percent) 75.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate 74.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate 80.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate  
2013 Stock Option and Incentive Plan        
Stock compensation        
Shares reserved and approved for issuance       1,100,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAuthorized
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Shares reserved under previous plan and subsequently transferred to new plan       54,129espr_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfAdditionalSharesAuthorizedAndTransferredBetweenPlans
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Percentage of increase in the number of shares reserved and available for issuance       2.50%espr_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfAdditionalSharesAuthorizedAsPercentageOfSharesIssuedAndOutstanding
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2008 Incentive Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan        
Stock compensation        
Shares reserved under previous plan and subsequently transferred to new plan       54,129espr_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfAdditionalSharesAuthorizedAndTransferredBetweenPlans
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Expiration period 10 years      
Period from cessation of employment within which options expire if not exercised 90 days      
Grant period of stock awards 10 years      
Purchase price expressed as a percentage of fair value of shares on the date of grant 100.00%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardPurchasePriceOfCommonStockPercent
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Vesting percentage on the first anniversary of the option grant 25.00%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingRightsPercentage
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Period for which remainder of grant amount will vest on the first day of each calendar quarter 3 years