Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, cumulative measurement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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- Definition

Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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- Definition

Description of pertinent provisions of equity-based compensation awards that have actual or potential impact upon the company's financial statements.

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Weighted average price at which option holders acquired shares when converting their stock options into shares.

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- Definition

Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Number of options vested.

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Share-Based Payment Awards - Inducement Award Grants - Additional Information (Detail) - $ / shares						6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 26, 2018	Aug. 14, 2018	Aug. 01, 2018	May 14, 2018	Sep. 15, 2016	Dec. 31, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Chief Financial Officer [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Options granted			385,000
Ratable annual vesting period of equity awards			3 years
Exercise price of option			$ 2.22
Chief Financial Officer [Member] \| Performance Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Cumulative measurement period			3 years
Senior Vice President [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Options granted	350,000	100,000
Ratable annual vesting period of equity awards	3 years	3 years
Exercise price of option	$ 2.07	$ 2.10
President and CEO [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Options granted					850,000
Ratable annual vesting period of equity awards					4 years
Exercise price of option					$ 3.63
Contractual life of option grants					10 years
Inducement Award Grants [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Options granted						835,000
Exercise price of option						$ 1.95
Contractual life of option grants						10 years
Weighted average grant date fair value of the inducement grants						$ 1.24	$ 1.14	$ 0.84
Number of options vested during period						402,500
Inducement Award Grants [Member] \| Chief Financial Officer [Member] \| Performance Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Number of performance stock units, granted			225,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Terms of Award						The PSUs are subject to proportional vesting based on cumulative measurement for the 3-year period ending June 30, 2021, with two-thirds of the award based upon defined amounts of the Company's product revenues and one-third based upon the net present value of each applicable business development transaction measured as of the date that each such transaction is consummated by the Company.
Inducement Award Grants [Member] \| Executive Vice President And General Manager [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Options granted				375,000
Ratable annual vesting period of equity awards				3 years
Cumulative measurement period				3 years
Inducement Award Grants [Member] \| Executive Vice President And General Manager [Member] \| Performance Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Number of performance stock units, granted				225,000
Inducement Award Grants [Member] \| Executive Vice President And General Manager [Member] \| Cliff Vesting [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Options granted				65,000
Ratable annual vesting period of equity awards				1 year
Exercise price of option				$ 1.95
Contractual life of option grants				10 years
Market Based Restricted Stock Units [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Ratable annual vesting period of equity awards					3 years
Number of performance stock units, granted					500,000
Weighted average grant date fair value of the inducement grants					$ 1.45