STOCK BASED COMPENSATION PLANS - Summary of reserved shares of common stock for future issuance (Details 1)	12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Exercise of Common Stock Warrants	2,445,653
Conversions of Preferred Stock and cumulative Preferred Stock dividends	99,999
Total shares reserved for future issuance	4,835,197
2013 Stock Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Issuance under Stock Incentive Plan	162,330
2014 Stock Option Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Issuance under Stock Incentive Plan	737,215
Issuance under 2015 Equity Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Issuance under Stock Incentive Plan	1,250,000
Former Chief Executive Officer
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Issuance under Stock Incentive Plan	140,000

Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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