Organization and Liquidity	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Organization and Liquidity	Note 1. Organization and Liquidity Organization Taxus Cardium was incorporated in Delaware in December 2003. We are an operating company that manages a medical technologies portfolio of equity-based and potential royalty-driven investments as follows: (1) Angionetics, currently a majority-owned subsidiary focused on the late-stage clinical development and commercialization of Generx®, an angiogenic gene therapy product candidate designed for medical revascularization for the potential treatment of patients with myocardial ischemia and refractory angina due to advanced coronary artery disease; (2) Activation Therapeutics, a wholly owned subsidiary focused on the development and commercialization of the Excellagen® technology platform, an FDA-cleared flowable dermal matrix for advanced wound care that we believe has broad potential applications as a delivery platform for small molecule drugs, proteins and biologics; (3) LifeAgain a wholly-owned subsidiary that has developed an advanced medical data analytics (ADAPT®) technology platform focused on developing new and innovative products for the life insurance and healthcare sectors; and (4) a minority investment in Healthy Brands Collective, a functional food and nutraceutical company which acquired the Company’s To Go Brands® business. Based on our business strategy of partnering or otherwise monetizing products and product candidates with third party commercialization partners, two subsidiaries have been formed to coordinate the independent monetization and funding activities of its core products and technologies. The Angionetics Inc. subsidiary will focus on the late-stage clinical development and commercialization of Generx ® an angiogenic gene therapy product candidate, and the Activation Therapeutics, Inc. subsidiary will focus on the commercialization of the Excellagen ® FDA-cleared wound care product and the joint clinical development of Excellagen product line extensions as an advanced biologic delivery platform for new and innovative wound healing therapeutics. Formation of Angionetics Inc. Angionetics, a biotechnology company, incorporated by Taxus Cardium on April 13, 2015, was formed to create a separate company to develop Taxus Cardium’s Generx® cardiovascular gene therapy product candidate and technology platform. Our management team believes that the Generx® platform is undervalued in the current Taxus Cardium capital structure and believes that contributing the Generx® business to a separate entity will increase the opportunities for financing the continued development of Generx® through Phase III clinical trials. Taxus Cardium contributed to Angionetics all of the rights to our Generx® platform technology and will sell shares in Angionetics in order to raise capital based on a valuation of the Generx® platform technology for the purpose of funding the development and commercialization of Generx®. Our management also believes that funding for Generx® as a stand-alone company can be done at better pricing, resulting in less dilution and a “value unlock” for Taxus Cardium shareholders. The Company intends to retain a significant interest in Angionetics and return value to shareholders based on an increased value of its holdings through the independent external market valuation of Angionetics and the Generx® platform technology. Following the formation of Angionetics, our management team initiated a comprehensive review of the global Generx® regulatory and clinical dossier, and elected to primarily focus on the clinical advancement and registration of Generx® in the United States and China, which we believe to be the most dynamic medical markets in the world for new and novel breakthrough products such as the Generx® product candidate. As a result of this review, Angionetics now plans to focus on the late stage clinical and commercial development of Generx® in key target markets that include the U.S. and China. LifeAgain Activities On August 11, 2015, Symetra Financial Corporation (“Symetra”), our financial partner for LifeAgain initial Blue Metric term life insurance program for men with prostate cancer, announced that it entered into a definitive merger agreement with Sumitomo Life Insurance Company (“Sumitomo Life”) pursuant to which Sumitomo Life will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Symetra. Following the transaction, Symetra advised the Company that it was discontinuing its partnership with LifeAgain. LifeAgain plans to continue to seek opportunities for the application of medical analytics to commercialize “survivable risk” term life insurance for cancer survivors or others with medical conditions who are currently considered uninsurable based on traditional underwriting standards as well as other forms of survivable risk programs. On April 4, 2015, Taxus Cardium entered into a license agreement with Shenzhen Qianhi Taxus Industry Capital Management Co., Ltd., a company affiliated with Shanxi Taxus Pharamaceuticals Co. Ltd., for the license of LifeAgain’s medical analytics technology to develop and commercialize survivable risk life insurance products in Greater China. Our business is focused on the acquisition and strategic development of product opportunities or businesses having the potential to address significant unmet medical needs, and having definable pathways to commercialization. We intend to consider various corporate development transactions designed to place its product candidates into larger organizations or with partners having existing commercialization, sales and marketing resources, and a need for innovative products. Such transactions could involve the sale, partnering or other monetization of particular product opportunities or businesses. We have yet to generate positive cash flows from operations, and are essentially dependent on equity and debt funding to finance our operations. Liquidity and Going Concern As of December 31, 2015, we had $21,547 in cash and cash equivalents. Our working capital deficit at December 31, 2015 was $3,800,864. We have incurred recurring losses and as of December 31, 2015, we have an accumulated deficit of $115 million. During the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, we used approximately $1.1 million and $2.6 million of cash in our operating activities. Our primary source of capital resources is from proceeds from sales of our equity securities. During the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, we raised net proceeds of approximately $0.6 million and $2.1 million, respectively from the sale or subscription of common stock and preferred stock to be used for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited, research and development activities and for working capital. We anticipate that negative cash flows from operations will continue for the foreseeable future. We have yet to generate positive cash flows from operations, and are essentially dependent on equity and debt funding to finance our operations. We currently do not have any unused credit facilities. As long as any shares of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are outstanding, we have agreed that we will not, without the consent of the holders of two-thirds of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, incur indebtedness other than specified “Permitted Indebtedness”, incur any liens other than specified “Permitted Liens”. Our history of recurring losses and uncertainties as to whether our operations will become profitable raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability of assets or classifications of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern. Our principal business objectives are to advance the independent monetization and funding activities of our core products and technologies, with our Angionetics Inc. subsidiary being focused on the Generx ® angiogenic gene therapy product candidate, and our Activation Therapeutics, Inc. subsidiary being focused on the Excellagen ® FDA-cleared wound care product and the joint clinical development of Excellagen product line extensions as an advanced biologic delivery platform for new and innovative wound healing therapeutics, and/or to complete alterative corporate transactions. If we fail to conclude such transaction in a timely manner or alternatively fail to generate sufficient cash from financing activities, we will not generate sufficient cash flows to cover our operating expenses. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP, which contemplates our continuation as a going concern and the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. Our ability to continue our operations is dependent on the execution of management’s plans, which include the raising of capital through the equity and/or debt markets, until such time that funds provided by operations are sufficient to fund working capital requirements. The consolidated financial statements contained in this report do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability of assets or classifications of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern. If we were not to continue as a going concern, we would likely not be able to realize our assets at values comparable to the carrying value or the fair value estimates reflected in the balances set out in the consolidated financial statements. We intend to secure additional working capital through sales of equity and debt securities to finance our operations, or the sale of certain equity interests in our businesses, technology platforms, products or product candidates and licensing agreements covering the marketing and sale of Excellagen and Generx in certain geographic markets and regions. On April 4, 2015 we entered into a term sheet with Shenzhen Qianhai Taxus, whereby we proposed to sell Shenzhen Qianhai Taxus 600,000 shares of common stock in our Angionetics subsidiary in exchange for $3.0 million in cash. The $3.0 million was to be paid in tranches that were to be completed by May 31, 2015. Shenzhen Qianhai Taxus paid $600,000 of the financing, which was recorded as common stock issuable. Since Shenzhen Qianhai Taxus did not complete this transaction, instead Huapont agreed to fund the investment. Shenzhen Qianhai Taxus is eligible to apply this amount toward the purchase of common stock of the Company or its subsuduaries based on terms and conditions approved by the Company’s Board of Directors. This contribution is committed and not refundable to Shenzhen Qianhai Taxus.

Note 1. Organization and Liquidity

Organization

Taxus Cardium was incorporated in Delaware in December 2003. We are an operating company that manages a medical technologies portfolio of equity-based and potential royalty-driven investments as follows: (1) Angionetics, currently a majority-owned subsidiary focused on the late-stage clinical development and commercialization of Generx®, an angiogenic gene therapy product candidate designed for medical revascularization for the potential treatment of patients with myocardial ischemia and refractory angina due to advanced coronary artery disease; (2) Activation Therapeutics, a wholly owned subsidiary focused on the development and commercialization of the Excellagen® technology platform, an FDA-cleared flowable dermal matrix for advanced wound care that we believe has broad potential applications as a delivery platform for small molecule drugs, proteins and biologics; (3) LifeAgain a wholly-owned subsidiary that has developed an advanced medical data analytics (ADAPT®) technology platform focused on developing new and innovative products for the life insurance and healthcare sectors; and (4) a minority investment in Healthy Brands Collective, a functional food and nutraceutical company which acquired the Company’s To Go Brands® business.

Based on our business strategy of partnering or otherwise monetizing products and product candidates with third party commercialization partners, two subsidiaries have been formed to coordinate the independent monetization and funding activities of its core products and technologies. The Angionetics Inc. subsidiary will focus on the late-stage clinical development and commercialization of Generx ® an angiogenic gene therapy product candidate, and the Activation Therapeutics, Inc. subsidiary will focus on the commercialization of the Excellagen ® FDA-cleared wound care product and the joint clinical development of Excellagen product line extensions as an advanced biologic delivery platform for new and innovative wound healing therapeutics.

Formation of Angionetics Inc.

Angionetics, a biotechnology company, incorporated by Taxus Cardium on April 13, 2015, was formed to create a separate company to develop Taxus Cardium’s Generx® cardiovascular gene therapy product candidate and technology platform. Our management team believes that the Generx® platform is undervalued in the current Taxus Cardium capital structure and believes that contributing the Generx® business to a separate entity will increase the opportunities for financing the continued development of Generx® through Phase III clinical trials. Taxus Cardium contributed to Angionetics all of the rights to our Generx® platform technology and will sell shares in Angionetics in order to raise capital based on a valuation of the Generx® platform technology for the purpose of funding the development and commercialization of Generx®. Our management also believes that funding for Generx® as a stand-alone company can be done at better pricing, resulting in less dilution and a “value unlock” for Taxus Cardium shareholders. The Company intends to retain a significant interest in Angionetics and return value to shareholders based on an increased value of its holdings through the independent external market valuation of Angionetics and the Generx® platform technology.

Following the formation of Angionetics, our management team initiated a comprehensive review of the global Generx® regulatory and clinical dossier, and elected to primarily focus on the clinical advancement and registration of Generx® in the United States and China, which we believe to be the most dynamic medical markets in the world for new and novel breakthrough products such as the Generx® product candidate. As a result of this review, Angionetics now plans to focus on the late stage clinical and commercial development of Generx® in key target markets that include the U.S. and China.

LifeAgain Activities

On August 11, 2015, Symetra Financial Corporation (“Symetra”), our financial partner for LifeAgain initial Blue Metric term life insurance program for men with prostate cancer, announced that it entered into a definitive merger agreement with Sumitomo Life Insurance Company (“Sumitomo Life”) pursuant to which Sumitomo Life will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Symetra. Following the transaction, Symetra advised the Company that it was discontinuing its partnership with LifeAgain. LifeAgain plans to continue to seek opportunities for the application of medical analytics to commercialize “survivable risk” term life insurance for cancer survivors or others with medical conditions who are currently considered uninsurable based on traditional underwriting standards as well as other forms of survivable risk programs. On April 4, 2015, Taxus Cardium entered into a license agreement with Shenzhen Qianhi Taxus Industry Capital Management Co., Ltd., a company affiliated with Shanxi Taxus Pharamaceuticals Co. Ltd., for the license of LifeAgain’s medical analytics technology to develop and commercialize survivable risk life insurance products in Greater China.

Our business is focused on the acquisition and strategic development of product opportunities or businesses having the potential to address significant unmet medical needs, and having definable pathways to commercialization. We intend to consider various corporate development transactions designed to place its product candidates into larger organizations or with partners having existing commercialization, sales and marketing resources, and a need for innovative products. Such transactions could involve the sale, partnering or other monetization of particular product opportunities or businesses.

We have yet to generate positive cash flows from operations, and are essentially dependent on equity and debt funding to finance our operations.

Liquidity and Going Concern

As of December 31, 2015, we had $21,547 in cash and cash equivalents. Our working capital deficit at December 31, 2015 was $3,800,864. We have incurred recurring losses and as of December 31, 2015, we have an accumulated deficit of $115 million. During the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, we used approximately $1.1 million and $2.6 million of cash in our operating activities.

Our primary source of capital resources is from proceeds from sales of our equity securities. During the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, we raised net proceeds of approximately $0.6 million and $2.1 million, respectively from the sale or subscription of common stock and preferred stock to be used for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited, research and development activities and for working capital.

We anticipate that negative cash flows from operations will continue for the foreseeable future. We have yet to generate positive cash flows from operations, and are essentially dependent on equity and debt funding to finance our operations. We currently do not have any unused credit facilities. As long as any shares of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are outstanding, we have agreed that we will not, without the consent of the holders of two-thirds of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, incur indebtedness other than specified “Permitted Indebtedness”, incur any liens other than specified “Permitted Liens”.

Our history of recurring losses and uncertainties as to whether our operations will become profitable raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability of assets or classifications of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern.

Our principal business objectives are to advance the independent monetization and funding activities of our core products and technologies, with our Angionetics Inc. subsidiary being focused on the Generx ® angiogenic gene therapy product candidate, and our Activation Therapeutics, Inc. subsidiary being focused on the Excellagen ® FDA-cleared wound care product and the joint clinical development of Excellagen product line extensions as an advanced biologic delivery platform for new and innovative wound healing therapeutics, and/or to complete alterative corporate transactions. If we fail to conclude such transaction in a timely manner or alternatively fail to generate sufficient cash from financing activities, we will not generate sufficient cash flows to cover our operating expenses.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP, which contemplates our continuation as a going concern and the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. Our ability to continue our operations is dependent on the execution of management’s plans, which include the raising of capital through the equity and/or debt markets, until such time that funds provided by operations are sufficient to fund working capital requirements. The consolidated financial statements contained in this report do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability of assets or classifications of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern. If we were not to continue as a going concern, we would likely not be able to realize our assets at values comparable to the carrying value or the fair value estimates reflected in the balances set out in the consolidated financial statements.

We intend to secure additional working capital through sales of equity and debt securities to finance our operations, or the sale of certain equity interests in our businesses, technology platforms, products or product candidates and licensing agreements covering the marketing and sale of Excellagen and Generx in certain geographic markets and regions.

On April 4, 2015 we entered into a term sheet with Shenzhen Qianhai Taxus, whereby we proposed to sell Shenzhen Qianhai Taxus 600,000 shares of common stock in our Angionetics subsidiary in exchange for $3.0 million in cash. The $3.0 million was to be paid in tranches that were to be completed by May 31, 2015. Shenzhen Qianhai Taxus paid $600,000 of the financing, which was recorded as common stock issuable. Since Shenzhen Qianhai Taxus did not complete this transaction, instead Huapont agreed to fund the investment. Shenzhen Qianhai Taxus is eligible to apply this amount toward the purchase of common stock of the Company or its subsuduaries based on terms and conditions approved by the Company’s Board of Directors. This contribution is committed and not refundable to Shenzhen Qianhai Taxus.