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Goodwill and intangible assets net.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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Amount before amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 29, 2016	Jun. 30, 2009	Jan. 31, 2005
Non-Amortizing:
Goodwill, gross	$ 10,513,371	$ 10,513,371
Goodwill, net book value	10,513,371	10,513,371
Amortizing:
Intangible assets, gross	24,717,873	24,717,873
Intangible assets, accumulated amortization	(18,304,081)	(17,089,479)
Intangible assets, net book value	6,413,792	7,628,394
Total goodwill and intangible assets, gross	35,231,244	35,231,244
Total goodwill and intangible assets, net book value	16,927,163	18,141,765
Inovio AS [Member]
Non-Amortizing:
Goodwill, net book value						$ 3,900,000
VGX [Member]
Non-Amortizing:
Goodwill, net book value					$ 6,200,000
Bioject [Member]
Non-Amortizing:
Goodwill, net book value			$ 400,000	$ 400,000
Patents [Member]
Amortizing:
Intangible assets, gross	5,802,528	5,802,528
Intangible assets, accumulated amortization	(5,666,573)	(5,618,854)
Intangible assets, net book value	$ 135,955	183,674
Patents [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Amortizing:
Useful Life	8 years
Patents [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Amortizing:
Useful Life	17 years
Licenses [Member]
Amortizing:
Intangible assets, gross	$ 1,323,761	1,323,761
Intangible assets, accumulated amortization	(1,183,422)	(1,161,861)
Intangible assets, net book value	$ 140,339	161,900
Licenses [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Amortizing:
Useful Life	8 years
Licenses [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Amortizing:
Useful Life	17 years
CELLECTRA [Member]
Amortizing:
Intangible assets, gross	$ 8,106,270	8,106,270
Intangible assets, accumulated amortization	(7,145,338)	(6,825,028)
Intangible assets, net book value	$ 960,932	1,281,242
CELLECTRA [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Amortizing:
Useful Life	5 years
CELLECTRA [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Amortizing:
Useful Life	11 years
GHRH [Member]
Amortizing:
Useful Life	11 years
Intangible assets, gross	$ 335,314	335,314
Intangible assets, accumulated amortization	(264,026)	(240,264)
Intangible assets, net book value	71,288	95,050
Bioject [Member]
Amortizing:
Intangible assets, gross	5,100,000	5,100,000
Intangible assets, accumulated amortization	(1,194,722)	(562,222)
Intangible assets, net book value	$ 3,905,278	4,537,778
Bioject [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Amortizing:
Useful Life	2 years
Bioject [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Amortizing:
Useful Life	15 years
Other [Member]
Amortizing:
Useful Life	18 years
Intangible assets, gross	$ 4,050,000	4,050,000
Intangible assets, accumulated amortization	(2,850,000)	(2,681,250)
Intangible assets, net book value	$ 1,200,000	$ 1,368,750