Company Overview	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Company Overview	Note 1 — Company Overview Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Eton” or the “Company”) was incorporated as a Delaware “C” corporation on April 27, 2017 and was initially set up as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harrow Health, Inc. (“Harrow”, fka Imprimis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.). Eton raised $20,055 in start-up capital through the sale of its Series A redeemable convertible preferred stock (“Series A Preferred”) in June 2017 and a separate management team was then established for Eton with its corporate offices located in Deer Park, Illinois. Eton is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing prescription drug products utilizing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (the “FDA”) 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway. The Company’s business model is to develop proprietary innovative product candidates that offer commercial and/or functional advantages to currently available alternatives. In November 2018, the Company completed an initial public offering (“IPO”), selling 4,140,000 shares of common stock at an offering price of $6.00 per share, including the underwriter’s exercise in full of its option to purchase additional shares. The Company received net proceeds of $21,960, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering-related expenses (see Note 7).

Company Overview

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Note 1 — Company Overview

Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Eton” or the “Company”) was incorporated as a Delaware “C” corporation on April 27, 2017 and was initially set up as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harrow Health, Inc. (“Harrow”, fka Imprimis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.).

Eton raised $20,055 in start-up capital through the sale of its Series A redeemable convertible preferred stock (“Series A Preferred”) in June 2017 and a separate management team was then established for Eton with its corporate offices located in Deer Park, Illinois. Eton is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing prescription drug products utilizing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (the “FDA”) 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway. The Company’s business model is to develop proprietary innovative product candidates that offer commercial and/or functional advantages to currently available alternatives.

In November 2018, the Company completed an initial public offering (“IPO”), selling 4,140,000 shares of common stock at an offering price of $6.00 per share, including the underwriter’s exercise in full of its option to purchase additional shares. The Company received net proceeds of $21,960, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering-related expenses (see Note 7).