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Legal
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Legal Matters and Contingencies [Text Block]
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Legal
   
The Company is involved from time to time in claims which arise in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, the Company has made adequate provision for potential liabilities, if any, arising from any such matters. However, litigation is inherently unpredictable, and the costs and other effects of pending or future litigation, governmental investigations, legal and administrative cases and proceedings (whether civil or criminal), settlements, judgments and investigations, claims and changes in any such matters, and developments or assertions by or against the Company relating to intellectual property rights and intellectual property licenses, could have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition and operating results.
 
On May 21, 2015, Horizon Pharma Ireland Limited, HZNP Limited and Horizon Pharma USA, Inc.,  (collectively “Horizon”), filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against us alleging infringement of certain United States patents based upon our submission to the U.S Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) of an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) seeking FDA approval to market diclofenac topical solution 2% before the expiration of the patents asserted in the complaint.
 
On June 30, 2015, August 11, 2015, September 17, 2015, October 27, 2015 and February 5, 2016, Horizon filed additional complaints in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against the Company alleging infringement of other of its United States patents in relation to the Company’s submission of the same ANDA.
 
On July 21, 2015, September 11, 2015, October 6, 2015, October 21, 2015, December 17, 2015, and March 17, 2016 the Company filed answers, affirmative defenses and counterclaims with respect to the complaints filed by Horizon.  In those filings, the Company asserted that the patents alleged to be infringed in the complaints filed by Horizon are invalid and not infringed by us. On April 27, 2016, Horizon and Teligent filed a stipulation of dismissal to dismiss the cases.  The court entered an order dismissing the cases on May 2, 2016. On May 9, 2016, Horizon and Teligent entered into a settlement agreement.  Under the settlement agreement, Teligent obtained a license to market diclofenac topical solution 2% no later than January 10, 2029 or earlier in certain circumstances, including the resolution by settlement or court decision of other third party litigation involving diclofenac topical solution 2% or the market entry by other third party generic versions of diclofenac topical solution 2%. At this time, Teligent cannot estimate if or when any of those earlier events might occur.
 
On December 4, 2015, Galderma Laboratories, L.P. and Galderma S.A., collectively referred to as Galderma, filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas against the Company alleging infringement of United States Patent No. 6,106,848 based upon the Company’s submission to the FDA of an ANDA seeking FDA approval to market clobetasol propionate lotion 0.05% before the expiration patent asserted in the complaint. On January 5, 2016, Galderma and the Company entered into a Settlement and License Agreement, the terms of which are confidential. On January 22, 2016, the case was dismissed with prejudice.