Teva Agreement - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015
Research and Development [Abstract]
Deferred revenue, revenue recognized	$ 40	$ 724

Amount of revenue recognized that was previously reported as deferred or unearned revenue.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 605
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 13.A.4(a).Q1 Response))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65893310&loc=d3e214044-122780

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