Organization and Liquidity	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
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. 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. Our business model is designed to create a portfolio of opportunities for success, avoiding reliance on any single technology platform or product type. We focus on late-stage product development bridging the critical gap between promising new technologies and product opportunities that are ready for commercialization. As our product opportunities and businesses are advanced and corresponding valuations established, we intend to consider various corporate development transactions designed to place our 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, 2016, we had $930,397 in cash and cash equivalents. Our working capital deficit at December 31, 2016 was approximately $3.5 million. We have incurred recurring losses and as of December 31, 2016, we have an accumulated deficit approximately of $117.4 million. During the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, we used approximately $2.0 million and $1.1 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, 2016 and 2015, we raised proceeds of approximately $3.0 million and $0.6 million, respectively from the sale or subscription of common stock and preferred stock to be used for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, research and development activities and for working capital. 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. 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 for at least one year from the issuance of these consolidated financial statements. 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 June 7, 2016, Taxus Cardium and Angionetics entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with an entity affiliated with Huapont Life Sciences Co. Ltd, a China-based pharmaceutical and active pharmaceutical ingredient company (“Huapont”). Pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement, Angionetics agreed to sell 600,000, shares of its newly authorized Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Shares”) to the Huapont affiliate in exchange for $3,000,000 in cash. The agreement called for the investment from the Huapont affiliate to be made in two tranches—the closing of the initial tranche of 200,000 Shares for $1,000,000 shortly following the execution of the agreement and the closing of the second tranche of 400,000 Shares for $2,000,000 was conditioned upon Angionetics securing FDA clearance to initiate a new U.S.-based Phase 3 clinical study (the AFFIRM study) to evaluate the safety and definitive efficacy of the Generx^TM [Ad5FGF-4] product candidate for the treatment of patients with ischemic heart disease and refractory angina. The closings took place, and the Shares were issued, on July 5, 2016 and September 28, 2016, respectively. 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.

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. Our business model is designed to create a portfolio of opportunities for success, avoiding reliance on any single technology platform or product type. We focus on late-stage product development bridging the critical gap between promising new technologies and product opportunities that are ready for commercialization. As our product opportunities and businesses are advanced and corresponding valuations established, we intend to consider various corporate development transactions designed to place our 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, 2016, we had $930,397 in cash and cash equivalents. Our working capital deficit at December 31, 2016 was approximately $3.5 million. We have incurred recurring losses and as of December 31, 2016, we have an accumulated deficit approximately of $117.4 million. During the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, we used approximately $2.0 million and $1.1 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, 2016 and 2015, we raised proceeds of approximately $3.0 million and $0.6 million, respectively from the sale or subscription of common stock and preferred stock to be used for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, research and development activities and for working capital.

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.

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 for at least one year from the issuance of these consolidated financial statements. 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 June 7, 2016, Taxus Cardium and Angionetics entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with an entity affiliated with Huapont Life Sciences Co. Ltd, a China-based pharmaceutical and active pharmaceutical ingredient company (“Huapont”). Pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement, Angionetics agreed to sell 600,000, shares of its newly authorized Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Shares”) to the Huapont affiliate in exchange for $3,000,000 in cash. The agreement called for the investment from the Huapont affiliate to be made in two tranches—the closing of the initial tranche of 200,000 Shares for $1,000,000 shortly following the execution of the agreement and the closing of the second tranche of 400,000 Shares for $2,000,000 was conditioned upon Angionetics securing FDA clearance to initiate a new U.S.-based Phase 3 clinical study (the AFFIRM study) to evaluate the safety and definitive efficacy of the Generx^TM [Ad5FGF-4] product candidate for the treatment of patients with ischemic heart disease and refractory angina. The closings took place, and the Shares were issued, on July 5, 2016 and September 28, 2016, respectively.

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.