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	Apr. 28, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)	May 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 28, 2016 CAD CAD / shares	Oct. 05, 2015 USD ($)	May 20, 2015 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Stockholders' Equity, Reverse Stock Split						On June 8, 2015, we reincorporated as a domestic Delaware corporation under Delaware General Corporate Law and changed our name from Rosewind Corporation to Aytu BioScience, Inc., and effected a reverse stock split in which each common stockholder received one share of common stock for every 12.174 shares outstanding. On June 30, 2016, Aytu effected another reverse stock split in which each common stockholder received one share of common stock for every 12 shares outstanding (herein referred to collectively as the Reverse Stock Splits). All share and per share amounts in this report have been adjusted to reflect the effect of these Reverse Stock Splits.
Amortization of Intangible Assets				$ 437,014	$ 108,489	$ 874,029	$ 165,936
Developed Technology Rights [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortization of Intangible Assets						520,000
Trade Names [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortization of Intangible Assets						810,000
Customer Contracts [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortization of Intangible Assets						140,000
Prostascint Business [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets, Total			$ 2,400,000								$ 2,391,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross			1,000,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Liabilities Incurred			227,000
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Change in Range of Outcomes, Contingent Consideration, Liability, Value, High			$ 2,500,000
Business Combination Contingent Consideration Percentage			8.00%
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Change in Amount of Contingent Consideration, Asset			$ 664,000			730,000
Amortization of Intangible Assets				40,000	40,000	80,000	80,000
Business Combination Consideration Transferred Product Inventory			$ 500,000
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc [Member] \| Prosta Scint [Member] \| Developed Technology Rights [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross				790,000		790,000
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc [Member] \| Prosta Scint [Member] \| Trade Names [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross				80,000		80,000
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc [Member] \| Prosta Scint [Member] \| Customer Contracts [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross				720,000		720,000
Primsol Business [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets, Total										$ 1,799,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross		$ 500,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Liabilities Incurred		142,000
Amortization of Intangible Assets				61,000	$ 51,000	122,000	$ 51,000
Business Combination Consideration Transferred Inventory		102,000				102,000
Business Combination Consideration Transferred Product Inventory		40,000
Business Combination Consideration Transferred Work In Process Inventory						80,000
Primsol Business [Member] \| Paid on April 1, 2016 [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Liabilities Incurred		500,000
Primsol Business [Member] \| No Later Than July 01, 2016 [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Liabilities Incurred		$ 250,000
Natesto [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets, Total				10,500,000		10,500,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 2,000,000
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Change in Amount of Contingent Consideration, Asset						3,300,000		$ 3,200,000
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Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares \| shares	12,245,411
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Value Assigned \| CAD									CAD 2,534,800
Business Acquisition, Share Price \| (per share)	$ 0.16								CAD 0.207
One Time Non-Refundable Payments	$ 37,500,000
Other Accrued Liabilities				620,000		620,000
Accretion Expense				58,000		104,000
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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Sales Revenue Target	100,000,000
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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