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Business and Basis of Presentation	12 Months Ended
Business and Basis of Presentation	Dec. 31, 2013
Business and Basis of Presentation [Abstract]
Business and Basis of Presentation	Note 1 — Business and Basis of Presentation Business: Akorn, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) manufacture and market a full line of diagnostic and therapeutic ophthalmic pharmaceuticals as well as niche hospital drugs and injectable pharmaceuticals. In addition, through its subsidiary Advanced Vision Research, Inc. (“AVR”), the Company manufactures and markets a line of over-the-counter (“OTC”) ophthalmic products for the treatment of dry eye, eyelid hygiene and macular degeneration primarily under the TheraTears® brand name, as well as marketing various private-labeled OTC eye care products to various major drug chains. The Company is a manufacturer and/or marketer of diagnostic and therapeutic pharmaceutical products in various specialty areas, including ophthalmology, antidotes, anti-infectives, vaccines, and controlled substances for pain management and anesthesia, among others. The Company operates pharmaceutical manufacturing plants in the U.S. at Decatur, Illinois and Somerset, New Jersey, and internationally at Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India, as well as a central distribution warehouse in Gurnee, Illinois, an R&D center Vernon Hills, Illinois and corporate offices in Lake Forest, Illinois. Customers of the Company’s products include physicians, optometrists, wholesalers, chain drug stores, group purchasing organizations and their member hospitals, alternate site providers, wholesalers, distributors, and other pharmaceutical companies.