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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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Amount after allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Summary of significant accounting policies (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) subsidiary	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) subsidiary	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) segment subsidiary	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) subsidiary	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Summary of significant accounting policies
Number of operating segments \| segment			1
Disaggregation of revenue
Revenues	$ 17,540	$ 12,503	$ 47,817	$ 34,595
Product returns
Return time period for expired product prior to expiry date			6 months
Return time period for expired product after expiry date			12 months
Advertising costs
Advertising costs	0	200	$ 0	600
Income taxes
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance	0		0		$ 0
Adzenys XR-ODT
Disaggregation of revenue
Revenues	8,794	6,995	22,692	18,503
Cotempla XR-ODT
Disaggregation of revenue
Revenues	7,227	4,884	19,513	12,873
Adzenys ER
Disaggregation of revenue
Revenues	232	31	563	206
Generic Tussionex
Disaggregation of revenue
Revenues	$ 1,287	$ 593	$ 5,049	$ 3,013
Minimum
Intangible assets
Useful life			10 years
Maximum
Intangible assets
Useful life			20 years
Wholly-owned subsidiaries
Summary of significant accounting policies
Number of wholly-owned subsidiaries \| subsidiary	4	4	4	4