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Collaborative Agreements (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended								6 Months Ended
	Dec. 24, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 25, 2017	Jul. 24, 2017	May 26, 2017	Aug. 31, 2016	Jul. 27, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Collaborative Agreements (Textual)
Outstanding balance									$ 180,736	$ 59,477
BHK Co-Development Agreement [Member]
Collaborative Agreements (Textual)
Description of payment settlement							Upon the signing of the BHK Co-Development Agreement: $1 million, or 10% of total payment Upon the first Investigational New Drug (IND) submission and BioLite Taiwan will deliver all data to BHK according to FDA Reviewing requirement: $1 million, or 10% of total payment At the completion of first phase II clinical trial: $1 million, or 10% of total payment At the initiation of phase III of clinical trial research: $3 million, or 30% of total payment Upon the New Drug Application (NDA) submission: $4 million, or 40% of total payment
Upfront payments							$ 1,000,000	$ 1,000,000
Percentage of payments under co-development agreement							10.00%	10.00%
Milestone payments to BioLite in cash						$ 31,649,000	$ 10,000,000
Common stock newly issued, value						$ 1,000,000		$ 10,000,000
Milestone payments royalty percentage						12.00%
Collaborative Agreements, description								The Company recognized the cash receipt in a total of NT$50 million, approximately equivalent to $1.6 million, as collaboration revenue when all research, technical, and development data was delivered to BHK.	In addition to the total of NT$50 million, approximately equivalent to $1.60 million, BioLite Taiwan is entitled to receive 50% of the future net licensing income or net sales profit. As of June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company has not earned the royalty under the BHK Collaborative Agreements.
Co-Dev Agreement [Member]
Collaborative Agreements (Textual)
Amount received from BriVision		$ 3,000,000			$ 3,000,000						$ 450,000
Percentage of payments under co-development agreement					50.00%
Company cash payments		$ 3,000,000			$ 3,000,000
Co-Dev agreement, description	The Company received the remaining balance of $2,550,000 in the form of newly issued shares of Rgene's Common Stock, at the price of NT$50 (approximately equivalent to $1.60 per share), for an aggregate number of 1,530,000 shares, which accounted for equity method long-term investment as of December 31, 2018. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company has recognized investment loss of $549.
BioFirst Stock Purchase Agreement [Member]
Collaborative Agreements (Textual)
Shares issued									428,571
Shares value									$ 3,000,000
Collaborative Arrangement [Member]
Collaborative Agreements (Textual)
Amount received from BriVision				$ 3,000,000
Percentage of payments under co-development agreement				50.00%
Common stock newly issued, value				$ 3,000,000
Common stock newly issued, shares									428,571
Licensing rights			$ 3,000,000
Accounts payable									$ 15,000,000
Research and development expense			$ 3,000,000

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