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Organization
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Organization [Abstract]  
Organization
(1) Organization

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its subsidiaries (the Company or Cumberland) is a specialty pharmaceutical company incorporated in Tennessee on January 6, 1999. The Company’s mission is to provide high-quality products to address underserved medical needs. Cumberland is focused on acquiring rights to, developing and commercializing branded prescription products for the hospital acute care and gastroenterology markets.

Cumberland focuses its resources on maximizing the commercial potential of its products, as well as developing new product candidates, and has both internal development and commercial capabilities. The Company’s products are manufactured by third parties, which are overseen by Cumberland’s quality control and manufacturing professionals. The Company works closely with its third-party distribution partner to make its products available in the United States.

In order to create access to a pipeline of early-stage product candidates, the Company formed a subsidiary, Cumberland Emerging Technologies, Inc. (CET), which assists universities and other research organizations to help bring biomedical projects from the laboratory to the marketplace. The Company’s ownership in CET is 85%. The remaining interest is owned by Vanderbilt University and the Tennessee Technology Development Corporation. The operating results of CET are allocated to the noncontrolling interests in the consolidated statements of income, and totaled approximately $31,000, $30,000 and $33,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Effective January 1, 2007, the Company formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Cumberland Pharma Sales Corp. (CPSC), for the purpose of employing the hospital sales force that promotes the Company’s products, Acetadote® and Caldolor ®, in the acute care market. In September 2010, the Company converted its field sales force, which promotes Caldolor and Kristalose®, to Cumberland employees. Previously, these sales forces were contracted through third-party contract sales organizations.

The Company operates in a single operating segment of specialty pharmaceutical products. All of the Company’s assets are located in the United States. Total revenues are primarily attributable to U.S. customers. Net revenues from non-U.S. customers were approximately $0.1 million, $0.1 million and $0.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.