Note 2 - Basis of Presentation and Recent Accounting Pronouncements	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Basisof Presentationand Recent Accounting Pronouncements [Text Block]	2. Basis of Presentation and Recent Accounting Pronouncements The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete annual financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation, which are of a normal and recurring nature only, have been included. Operating results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2013 or for any other interim period. For further information, please refer to the Company’s financial statements and footnotes thereto included in Unigene’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. Recent Accounting Pronouncements In December 2011, an update to guidance was issued regarding the offsetting or netting of assets and liabilities. Entities are required to disclose both gross information and net information about both instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the statement of financial position and instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting arrangement. This scope would include derivatives, sale and repurchase agreements and reverse sale and repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing and securities lending arrangements. The objective of this disclosure is to facilitate comparison between those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of U.S. GAAP and those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of IFRS. In January 2013, an update was issued to amend and clarify the scope of the required balance sheet offsetting disclosures. The disclosures are required irrespective of whether the transactions are offset in the statement of financial position. This amendment is effective as of January 1, 2013. The adoption of this update did not have a significant effect on the Company’s financial statements

Note 2 - Basis of Presentation and Recent Accounting Pronouncements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Basisof Presentationand Recent Accounting Pronouncements [Text Block]

2. Basis of Presentation and Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete annual financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation, which are of a normal and recurring nature only, have been included. Operating results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2013 or for any other interim period. For further information, please refer to the Company’s financial statements and footnotes thereto included in Unigene’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2011, an update to guidance was issued regarding the offsetting or netting of assets and liabilities. Entities are required to disclose both gross information and net information about both instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the statement of financial position and instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting arrangement. This scope would include derivatives, sale and repurchase agreements and reverse sale and repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing and securities lending arrangements. The objective of this disclosure is to facilitate comparison between those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of U.S. GAAP and those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of IFRS. In January 2013, an update was issued to amend and clarify the scope of the required balance sheet offsetting disclosures. The disclosures are required irrespective of whether the transactions are offset in the statement of financial position. This amendment is effective as of January 1, 2013. The adoption of this update did not have a significant effect on the Company’s financial statements