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Assets Held for Sale | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Assets Held for Sale [Abstract] |
Disclosure of Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale | Assets Held for Sale Lexicon’s buildings and land have been reclassified as assets held for sale on the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2014. The Company estimated the fair value of the net assets to be sold at approximately $23.8 million as of September 30, 2014, which represents estimated selling price less costs to sell. This resulted in an impairment loss on the assets held for sale of $13.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014, which was recorded in impairment loss on buildings in the accompanying consolidated statements of comprehensive loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of long lived assets held for sale. Disclosure may include the description of the facts and circumstances leading to the expected disposal, manner and timing of disposal, the carrying value of the assets held for sale, the gain (loss) recognized in the income statement and the income statement caption that includes that gain (loss). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391110&loc=d3e2941-110230 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 + Details
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