ORGANIZATION AND LINES OF BUSINESS	12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2020
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
ORGANIZATION AND LINES OF BUSINESS	NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND LINES OF BUSINESS Organization Simulations Plus, Inc. (“Simulations Plus”, “Lancaster”) was incorporated on July 17, 1996. In September 2014, Simulations Plus acquired all of the outstanding equity interests of Cognigen Corporation (“Cognigen”, “Buffalo”) and Cognigen became a wholly owned subsidiary of Simulations Plus, Inc. In June 2017, Simulations Plus acquired DILIsym Services, Inc. (DILIsym) as a wholly owned subsidiary. In April 2020, Simulations Plus, Inc. acquired Lixoft, a French société par actions simplifiée (“Lixoft”, “Paris”) as a wholly-owned subsidiary pursuant to a stock purchase and contribution agreement. (Collectively, “Company”, “we”, “us”, “our”). Lines of Business The Company designs and develops pharmaceutical simulation software to promote cost-effective solutions to a number of problems in pharmaceutical research and in the education of pharmacy and medical students, and it provides consulting services to the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. Recently, the Company has begun to explore developing software applications for defense and for health care outside of the pharmaceutical industry.

ORGANIZATION AND LINES OF BUSINESS

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND LINES OF BUSINESS

Organization

Simulations Plus, Inc. (“Simulations Plus”, “Lancaster”) was incorporated on July 17, 1996. In September 2014, Simulations Plus acquired all of the outstanding equity interests of Cognigen Corporation (“Cognigen”, “Buffalo”) and Cognigen became a wholly owned subsidiary of Simulations Plus, Inc. In June 2017, Simulations Plus acquired DILIsym Services, Inc. (DILIsym) as a wholly owned subsidiary. In April 2020, Simulations Plus, Inc. acquired Lixoft, a French société par actions simplifiée (“Lixoft”, “Paris”) as a wholly-owned subsidiary pursuant to a stock purchase and contribution agreement. (Collectively, “Company”, “we”, “us”, “our”).

Lines of Business

The Company designs and develops pharmaceutical simulation software to promote cost-effective solutions to a number of problems in pharmaceutical research and in the education of pharmacy and medical students, and it provides consulting services to the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. Recently, the Company has begun to explore developing software applications for defense and for health care outside of the pharmaceutical industry.