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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES	12 Months Ended
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES	Dec. 31, 2021
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES	COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Litigation and contingencies The Company may periodically become subject to legal proceedings and claims arising in connection with its business. As of December 31, 2021, there are no claims or actions pending against the Company that, in the opinion of management, are likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company. On June 30, 2021, the Company received a paragraph IV certification notice (the “Notice”) from Padagis Israel Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (f/k/a Perrigo Israel Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (“Padagis”)) advising that Padagis has submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) seeking approval to manufacture and sell a generic version of the Company’s product AMZEEQ® (minocycline) topical foam, 4% in the United States prior to the expiration of the Company’s U.S. patents Nos. 8,865,139, 8,945,516, 8,992,896, 9,675,700, 10,086,080, 10,137,200, 10,213,512, 10,265,404, 10,398,641, 10,517,882, 10,821,187, and 10,849,847 (the “Listed Patents”), which are listed in the FDA’s Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, otherwise known as the “Orange Book.” The Notice alleges that the Listed Patents are invalid, unenforceable, and/or will not be infringed by the commercial manufacture, use or sale of the generic product described in Padagis’s ANDA. On August 9, 2021, the Company initiated a patent infringement suit against Padagis in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware arising from Padagis’s ANDA filing with the FDA. The patent infringement suit asserts each of the Listed Patents. As a result, under applicable law, the FDA cannot grant final approval to Padagis’s ANDA before December 30, 2023, or a court decision in Padagis’s favor. VYNE is seeking, among other relief, an order that the effective date of any FDA approval of Padagis’s ANDA be no earlier than the expiration of the Listed Patents, the latest of which expires on September 8, 2037, and such further and other relief as the court may deem appropriate. Padagis filed its response and counterclaim on October 1, 2021. The Company filed its response to such counterclaim on October 22, 2021. The liabilities associated with this matter have been transferred to Journey in connection with the Sale.