Nature of Operations	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Nature of Operations [Abstract]
Nature of Operations	Note 1 – Nature of Operations Edge Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that seeks to discover, develop and commercialize novel, hospital-based therapies capable of transforming treatment paradigms in the management of acute, life-threatening conditions. On March 28, 2018, the Company announced that a pre-specified interim analysis performed on data from the Day 90 visit of the first 210 subjects randomized and treated in the Phase 3 NEWTON 2 study of EG-1962 in adults with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage demonstrated a low probability of achieving a statistically-significant difference compared to the standard of care in the study's primary endpoint, if the study were to be fully enrolled. The independent Data Monitoring Committee ("DMC") for the NEWTON 2 study recommended that the study be stopped based on this demonstration. The DMC also reported that there were no safety concerns attributed to EG-1962. Based on the DMC recommendation, the Company decided to discontinue the NEWTON 2 study and took steps to notify health authorities and clinical investigators participating in the study. The Company is in the process of performing analyses of the cumulative unblinded data from the NEWTON 2 study to better understand the basis for this outcome. On April 30, 2018, the Company announced that it is currently exploring strategic alternatives, which may include, without limitation, an acquisition of another company, acquisitions or in-licensing of products or product candidates, technologies or other assets, the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, a sale of stock, a strategic merger or other business combination transaction or other transaction between the Company and a third party. The Company has retained Piper Jaffray & Co, to serve as the financial advisor to its Board of Directors in the process. The Company does not have a defined timeline for the exploration of strategic alternatives and there can be no assurance that the process will result in any strategic alternative being announced or consummated. The Company does not intend to discuss or disclose further developments during this process unless and until its Board of Directors has approved a specific action or otherwise determined that further disclosure is appropriate. In the near term, the Company is reducing the scope of its operations, including the size of its workforce, in order to preserve its cash resources. From the Company's inception, it has devoted substantially all of its efforts to business planning, engaging regulatory, manufacturing and other technical consultants, acquiring operating assets, planning and executing clinical trials and raising capital. The Company's future operations are highly dependent on the success of its strategic alternatives review and any transactions and operations resulting from that process.

Note 1 – Nature of Operations

Edge Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that seeks to discover, develop and commercialize novel, hospital-based therapies capable of transforming treatment paradigms in the management of acute, life-threatening conditions. On March 28, 2018, the Company announced that a pre-specified interim analysis performed on data from the Day 90 visit of the first 210 subjects randomized and treated in the Phase 3 NEWTON 2 study of EG-1962 in adults with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage demonstrated a low probability of achieving a statistically-significant difference compared to the standard of care in the study's primary endpoint, if the study were to be fully enrolled. The independent Data Monitoring Committee ("DMC") for the NEWTON 2 study recommended that the study be stopped based on this demonstration. The DMC also reported that there were no safety concerns attributed to EG-1962.

Based on the DMC recommendation, the Company decided to discontinue the NEWTON 2 study and took steps to notify health authorities and clinical investigators participating in the study. The Company is in the process of performing analyses of the cumulative unblinded data from the NEWTON 2 study to better understand the basis for this outcome. On April 30, 2018, the Company announced that it is currently exploring strategic alternatives, which may include, without limitation, an acquisition of another company, acquisitions or in-licensing of products or product candidates, technologies or other assets, the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, a sale of stock, a strategic merger or other business combination transaction or other transaction between the Company and a third party. The Company has retained Piper Jaffray & Co, to serve as the financial advisor to its Board of Directors in the process. The Company does not have a defined timeline for the exploration of strategic alternatives and there can be no assurance that the process will result in any strategic alternative being announced or consummated. The Company does not intend to discuss or disclose further developments during this process unless and until its Board of Directors has approved a specific action or otherwise determined that further disclosure is appropriate. In the near term, the Company is reducing the scope of its operations, including the size of its workforce, in order to preserve its cash resources.

From the Company's inception, it has devoted substantially all of its efforts to business planning, engaging regulatory, manufacturing and other technical consultants, acquiring operating assets, planning and executing clinical trials and raising capital. The Company's future operations are highly dependent on the success of its strategic alternatives review and any transactions and operations resulting from that process.