Represents the ratio in which the excess development costs will be split under the license and collaboration agreement.

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Represents the period for which profit is split in a specified ratio under the license and collaboration agreement.

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Represents the ratio in which the profit will be split under the license and collaboration agreement.

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The fixed interest rate on a loan receivable.

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Minimum amount to be considered for conversion of loan to ownership interest.

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Number of employees of the company who are the members in the board of the entity.

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Number of members comprised in the board of the entity.

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Ownership interest for conversion under agreement advances receivable, contractual obligations.

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The percentage of outstanding loan sold to third party.

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The expiration period of agreement with VIE.

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For an unclassified balance sheet, reflects the carrying amount of unpaid loan amounts due from related parties at the balance sheet date.

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Minimum amount of other commitment not otherwise specified in the taxonomy. Excludes commitments explicitly modeled in the taxonomy, including but not limited to, long-term and short-term purchase commitments, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, supply commitments, registration payment arrangements, leases, debt, product warranties, guarantees, environmental remediation obligations, and pensions.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash inflow associated with the sale of loans receivables arising from the financing of goods and services.

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Commitments - Other Commitment (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Commitments - Other Commitment (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) item employee	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)
License and Collaboration Agreement With HEC
Commitments
Maximum amount to be loaned	$ 32.0
License and Collaboration Agreement, Excess Development Cost Split Ratio	1
Other Commitment	$ 32.0
License and Collaboration Agreement With HEC \| First ten years
Commitments
License and Collaboration Agreement, Profit Split Ratio	1
License and Collaboration Agreement, Profit Split Period	10 years
License and Collaboration Agreement With HEC \| Next five years
Commitments
License and Collaboration Agreement, Profit Split Ratio	1.5
License and Collaboration Agreement, Profit Split Period	5 years
Variable interest entity
Commitments
Maximum amount to be loaned			$ 15.0
Expiration period			7 years
Loans receivable fixed rate (as a percent)			2.00%
Minimum amount to be considered for conversion of loan to ownership interest			$ 7.5
Ownership interest for conversion (in percentage)			50.00%
Members in the board of the entity \| item			5
Lannett employees as members of the board of the entity \| employee			1
Percentage of outstanding loan		50.00%
Proceeds from sale of loan		$ 5.6
Loan receivable				$ 6.4
Other Commitment			$ 15.0