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Number Of Consecutive Trading Days, Required Above One Dollar

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Number Of Days After The Initial Period To Meet Consecutive Trading Day Requirement

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Period In Which To Meet Consecutive Trading Day Threshold

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Proceeds From Licensing Agreements

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Minimum amount of purchase arrangement in which the entity has agreed to expend funds to procure goods or services from a supplier.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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The Business - Financial Information (Details) - Subsequent Event [Member] - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 29, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 10, 2016
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Share Price	$ 1.00			$ 0.705
Number of consecutive days, share price under $1.00	30 days
Number of consecutive trading days, required above $1.00, to not be delisted	10 days
Period in which to meet consecutive trading day threshold to not be delisted	180 days
Number of days after the initial period to meet consecutive trading day requirement to not be delisted	180 days
PCT Allendale, LLC [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Purchase Obligation			$ 4.4
Hitachi Chemical Co., LTD [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds From Licensing Agreements		$ 25.0
Hitachi Chemical Co., LTD [Member] \| PCT Allendale, LLC [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds From Licensing Agreements		10.0
Hitachi Chemical Co., LTD [Member] \| Caladrius Biosciences, Inc. [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds From Licensing Agreements		$ 15.0