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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Income Taxes And Tax Related [Line Items]  
Unrecognized tax benefits, income tax penalties and interest accrued $ 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued
NEW JERSEY  
Income Taxes And Tax Related [Line Items]  
State incentives granted 300,000cbrx_EconomicDevelopmentAuthorityProgramClawBackExpense
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U.S. [Member]  
Income Taxes And Tax Related [Line Items]  
Operating tax loss carryforwards, estimated 160,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
Operating tax loss carryforwards, estimated expire year 2035
Tax credit carryforward, amount 2,000,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
Tax credit carryforward, amount expire year 2031
Adjustments to additional paid in capital, income tax benefit from share-based compensation 0us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalTaxEffectFromShareBasedCompensation
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= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
U.K. [Member]  
Income Taxes And Tax Related [Line Items]  
Operating tax loss carryforwards, estimated $ 12,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember