SHARE CAPITAL (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2015
Chardan Capital Markets, LLC [Member]
Disclosure of disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers [line items]
Common sale purchase description	In February 2016, the Corporation filed a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus related to the potential issuance and sale of up to $12,000,000 of our common stock, no par value per share, from time to time through our sales agent, Chardan Capital Markets, LLC, or Chardan.
Lorros-Greyse [Member] \| Private Purchase Agreement [Member]
Disclosure of disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers [line items]
Common stock purchase description	In November 2013, we signed a Common Stock Private Purchase Agreement, whereby Lorros-Greyse was committed to purchase up to $15 million of Nymox’s common shares over the twenty-four-month period beginning in November 2013, subject to the same terms and conditions as before.
Recevied on issuance of share under common stock	$ 6,400,000	$ 939,144
Issuance of share under common stock		648,466
2015 [Member] \| Private Placements [Member]
Disclosure of disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers [line items]
Warrants issued	441,529
2014 [Member] \| Private Placements [Member]
Disclosure of disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers [line items]
Warrants issued	107,000

In February 2016, the Corporation filed a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus related to the potential issuance and sale of up to $12,000,000 of our common stock, no par value per share, from time to time through our sales agent, Chardan Capital Markets, LLC, or Chardan.

Disclosure of disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers [line items]

Recevied on issuance of share under common stock

$ 6,400,000

$ 939,144

Warrants issued

441,529

Disclosure of disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers [line items]