Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block] | 3. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY 2016 Underwritten Offering On April 15, 2016 the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement with Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc. in connection with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to sell to the Underwriter 1,378,364 1,908,021 3,286,385 492,957 492,957 2.13 2.12 0.01 3.04 On April 20, 2016 the Company closed on its underwritten public offering (the “2016 Underwritten Offering”) of 1,871,321 1,908,021 3,779,342 8.0 7.2 2016 Reverse Stock Split and Recapitalization 40,000,000 October 2015 Registered Direct Offering On October 1, 2015, the Company completed a registered direct offering of 101,727 48,274 22.00 In a concurrent private placement (the “2015 Private Placement” and, together with the 2015 Registered Offering, the “2015 Offerings”), the Company issued a Series A warrant (the “Series A Warrants” and, together with the Shares and the Pre-Funded Warrants, the “Securities”) to purchase one share of our common stock for each share of common stock purchased or pre-funded in the Registered Offering. The Series A Warrants cover, in the aggregate, 150,003 28.30 3,300,000 2,868,000 3,750 28.30 61,000 In connection with the entry into the purchase agreement, the Company and the purchasers entered into a registration rights agreement, which required the Company to file a registration statement to provide for the resale of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Series A Warrants. The Company will also be required to file one or more registration statements from time to time to register the issuance or resale of any additional shares of Common Stock that may become issuable as a result of the Offerings. The Company will be obligated to use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep any registration statement effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the shares of Common Stock subject to the registration statement may be sold without registration pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or (ii) the date on which all of the shares of Common Stock subject to the registration statement have been sold under the registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. Warrant Restructuring On April 13, 2016, the Company entered into an exchange and amendment agreement (the “Warrant Restructuring Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to exchange the 2015 Pre-Funded Warrants relating to 48,274 1,062,000 Pursuant to the Warrant Restructuring Agreement, the Company also agreed with the holders of 2015 Series A Warrants that upon the consummation of the 2016 Underwritten Offering, the exercise price of the 2015 Series A Warrants would be reduced to the public offering price per share of the shares of common stock sold in this offering and that the warrants would be amended such that the exercise price would no longer be subject to adjustment in connection with future equity offerings we may undertake. On April 20, 2016, the Company issued to each of those holders, pursuant to the amendment, a new warrant to purchase 300,006 2.13 As a result of the amendment to the 2015 Series A Warrant agreement eliminating any future price adjustment potential in the 2015 Series A Warrants, and the settlement of the 2015 Series B Warrants due to their having been exercised, the fair value of these warrants on the date of amendment or settlement, respectively, has been reclassified to equity. Registration Rights In connection with securities purchase agreements the Company is required to keep the related registration statements continuously effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), until the earlier of the date when all the registrable securities covered by the registration statement have been sold or such time as all the registrable securities covered by the registration statement can be sold under Rule 144 without any volume limitations. The Company will be allowed to suspend the use of the registration statement for not more than 30 consecutive days on not more than two occasions in any 12-month period (the “Allowed Delay”). If the Company suspends the use of the registration for longer than the Allowed Delay, it may be required to pay to the purchasers liquidated damages equal to 1.5 5 Additionally, in connection with registered offerings of common stock and warrants the Company has entered into certain securities purchase agreements which require the Company to use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the applicable registration statements effective for the issuance of shares of common stock pursuant to the exercise of warrants issued in the offering as long as the warrants remain outstanding. Common Stock Warrants Offering Number of Shares Exercise Expiration Date April 2016 Underwritten Registered A Warrants 3,626,942 $ 3.04 August 20, 2021 October 2015 Incremental Series A Warrants 300,006 2.13 October 20, 2021 October 2015 Registered Direct Series A Warrants 86,365 2.13 April 1, 2021 October 2015 Placement Agent 3,750 28.30 October 1, 2020 August 2014 Public (1) 504,019 46.80 August 20, 2019 February 2013 Public Offering (2) 38,750 2.13 February 20, 2018 February 2013 Placement Agents 3,854 125.00 February 4, 2018 November 2012 Private Placement 5,000 250.00 November 2, 2017 June 2012 Public Offering 14,910 250.00 June 13, 2017 December 2011 Underwritten Offering 46,246 120.00 December 6, 2016 Total 4,629,842 (1) These warrants have a certain type of cash settlement feature and the warrants have been accounted for as derivative instruments as described in Note 3, with the exception of 9,704 (2) These warrants’ exercise prices are subject to adjustment for “down-rounds” and the warrants have been accounted for as derivative instruments as described in Note 3. |