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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items]        
Income tax provision (benefit) $ (1,169,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ (2,242,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 3,348,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries 138,300,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries      
Deferred tax assets, change in valuation allowance 3,400,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount 4,400,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount (7,700,000)us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount  
Federal Net operating loss carryforwards 110,300,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsDomestic      
Research and development, orphan drug and investment tax credit carryforwards gross amount 12,200,000scln_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsResearchGross      
State net operating loss carryforwards 26,900,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsStateAndLocal      
State research and development tax credit carryforwards 2,200,000scln_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsStateAndLocalResearchAndDevelopment      
Valuation allowance related to stock option deductions 3,700,000scln_DeferredTaxAssetsNetOperatingLossCarryforwardsRelatedToStockOptionDeductions      
Unrecognized tax benefits 5,876,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 6,138,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 6,053,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 5,715,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate 2,200,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate      
Unrecognized tax benefits, amount offset by valuation allowance 3,700,000scln_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsAmountOffsetByValuationAllowance      
Promotion And Distribution Contract Rights [Member]        
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items]        
Income tax provision (benefit)     6,800,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= scln_PromotionAndDistributionContractRightsMember
 
Impairment of intangible asset     $ 42,700,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= scln_PromotionAndDistributionContractRightsMember
 
China [Member]        
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items]        
Statutory income tax rate 25.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_CN
25.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_CN
25.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_CN
 
Income tax examination, period 5 years