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Business Combination, Common Stock Conversion, Common Share Exchange Ratio

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Class Of Warrant Or Right, Exercise Cap, Aggregate Ownership Percentage

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Amount per share of equity securities issued under the employee stock purchase plan.

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Sale Of Stock, Consideration Received On Transaction, Gross

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Sale Of Stock, Maximum Authorized Amount

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Warrant, Exercise Period

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The cash inflow from the additional capital contribution to the entity.

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Cash received on stock transaction after deduction of issuance costs.

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.

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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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Number of non-option equity instruments exercised by participants.

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Number of shares issued under share-based payment arrangement.

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Purchase price of common stock expressed as a percentage of its fair value.

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Number of shares issued during the period as a result of an employee stock purchase plan.

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SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands				12 Months Ended
	Feb. 12, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Feb. 09, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	May 20, 2020 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 17, 2021 USD ($)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock offering, shares sold (in shares) \| shares	8,750,000	5,650,000
Stock offering, purchase price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 3.92	$ 2.48
Stock offering, gross proceeds	$ 34,300	$ 14,000
Stock offering, net proceeds	$ 32,200	$ 13,100
Warrants exercised (in shares) \| shares				400,000	1,200,000
Common shares issued (in shares) \| shares				400,000	1,200,000
Warrants outstanding (in shares)				$ 0
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of options (in shares) \| shares				22,631	72,750
Proceeds from issuance of common stock				$ 7,020	$ 44,861
ESPP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Exercise price of awards as percentage of the fair value of common stock (at least)				85.00%
Shares sold (in shares) \| shares					3,929
Weighted average purchase price of shares sold (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares					$ 1.40
Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of common stock				$ 0	$ 200
Zyla Life Sciences
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Merger exchange ratio			2.5
Zyla Life Sciences \| Iroko \| Warrant Agreements
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Exercise aggregate ownership percentage maximum threshold (as a percent)			49.00%
Exercise aggregate ownership percentage term (in months)			18 months
Zyla Life Sciences \| Money market funds \| Zyla Life Sciences
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Purchase price, number of shares outstanding, per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 0.0016
At The Market Program
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate offering price						$ 25,000
Stock offering, shares sold (in shares) \| shares				2,463,637
Stock offering, purchase price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares				$ 3.02
Stock offering, gross proceeds				$ 7,400
Stock offering, net proceeds				$ 7,000