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Related Party Transactions
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions [Text Block]
Related Party Transactions
 
On June 18, 2012, we and our subsidiary, China Biopharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (“CBH”), entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement (the “Equity Purchase Agreement”) with Fullbright Finance Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“Fullbright”), Suzhou Erye Economy & Trading Co., Ltd., a limited liability company organized under the laws of the People's Republic of China (“EET” and together with Fullbright, each a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”), and Erye, which Equity Purchase Agreement provides for the sale by NeoStem and CBH to the Purchasers (the “Erye Sale”) of our 51% ownership interest in Erye (the “Erye Interest”). EET, one of the Purchasers party to the Equity Purchase Agreement, is the holder of the minority 49% ownership interest in Erye, and is a party along with our subsidiary CBH to the Joint Venture Agreement governing the ownership of the respective interests in Erye. Fullbright is an affiliate of EET. Mr. Shi Mingsheng (a member of our Board of Directors, and Chairman of the Board of Erye) and Madam Zhang Jian (the General Manager of Erye, and formerly our Vice President of Pharmaceutical Operations) are the principal equity holders of each of EET and Fullbright. Fullbright has assigned all its rights and obligations under the Equity Purchase Agreement (except for its obligations in respect of the return of certain NeoStem securities held by it as part of the purchase price, and its obligations in respect of closing deliverables) to Highacheive Holdings Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and an affiliate of Fullbright (“Highacheive”). As a result of the assignment, the Purchasers of our Erye Interest will be EET and Highacheive. See Note 13 for a description of the consideration to be paid by the Purchasers pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement. The Erye divestiture closed on November 13, 2012 (see Note 16).