SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) (Natural Disasters and Other Casualty Events [Member], Subsequent Event [Member])	Nov. 01, 2012
Natural Disasters and Other Casualty Events [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of weeks the manufacturing plant in Somerset, New Jersey was shut down	2

The number of weeks the manufacturing plant was shut down.

No definition available.

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Namespace Prefix:	akrx_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant