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Certain Balance Sheet Items - Schedule of Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses (Details) - USD ($) | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |  |
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Jul. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022 | Mar. 31, 2023 | Jan. 31, 2023 | Jul. 31, 2022
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Unused grant funding |  | $ 4,300,000 |  |  |  |
Nonrelated Party |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade accounts payable |  | 3,577,826 | $ 19,862,487 |  |  |
Accrued compensation |  | 9,837,104 | 12,574,921 |  |  |
Accrued litigation settlement |  | 0 | 44,000,000 |  |  |
Other accrued expenses |  | 6,432,814 | 3,249,477 |  |  |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  | $ 19,847,744 | 79,686,885 |  |  |
McDermid v. Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and J. Joseph Kim |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Estimate of cash settlement |  |  |  |  | $ 30,000,000 | $ 30,000,000
Estimate of shares settlement |  |  |  |  | $ 14,000,000 | $ 14,000,000
Amount paid to other party |  |  | $ 252,000 |  |  |
Shares issued in settlement (in shares) |  |  |  | 760,083 |  |
Behesti v. Kim, et al. |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Damages paid | $ 1,200,000 |  |  |  |  |

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