Striant Asset Purchase Agreement (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	20 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
	Apr. 20, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Apr. 20, 2011 Sales of less than ten million [Member]	Apr. 20, 2011 Sales of ten to twenty million [Member]	Apr. 20, 2011 Sales in excess of twenty million [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Beneficial owner [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Beneficial owner [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Beneficial owner [Member]	Apr. 20, 2011 Actient Pharmaceuticals, LLC [Member]	Apr. 20, 2011 Actient Pharmaceuticals, LLC [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Actient Pharmaceuticals, LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Actient Pharmaceuticals, LLC [Member]	Apr. 20, 2011 Actient Pharmaceuticals, LLC [Member] Sales of less than ten million [Member]	Apr. 20, 2011 Actient Pharmaceuticals, LLC [Member] Sales of ten to twenty million [Member]	Apr. 20, 2011 Actient Pharmaceuticals, LLC [Member] Sales in excess of twenty million [Member]	Apr. 20, 2011 Actient Pharmaceuticals, LLC [Member] Royalty payments, after ten years from closing [Member]	Apr. 20, 2011 Minimum [Member] Actient Pharmaceuticals, LLC [Member] Sales of ten to twenty million [Member]	Apr. 20, 2011 Maximum [Member] Actient Pharmaceuticals, LLC [Member] Sales of ten to twenty million [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of assets	$ 3,100,000									$ 0	$ 0	$ 15,000,000							$ 3,100,000
Gain on sale of STRIANT								(2,500,000)		0	2,533,127	0									2,500,000
Royalty payment threshold on net sales													0										0			0
Royalty term																										10 years
Royalty payment threshold tier																							10,000,000		20,000,000		10,000,000	20,000,000
Royalty revenue percentage														(0.07)	(0.10)									0.07	0.10
Royalty revenue reduction percentage due to prodcut launch	(0.50)																			0.50
Royalties		$ 927,655	$ 1,017,609	$ 834,211	$ 680,377	$ 900,754	$ 782,694	$ 686,719	$ 600,813	$ 3,459,852	$ 2,970,980	$ 1,252,382				$ 3,079,379	$ 2,650,831	$ 1,051,184				$ 0