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Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Customer
Mar. 31, 2014
Customer
Schedule Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Unrealized foreign currency transaction gains recognized in earnings $ 1,100,000us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossUnrealized $ (41,000)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossUnrealized
Inventory adjustments 217,000.0us-gaap_InventoryAdjustments 1,000,000us-gaap_InventoryAdjustments
Product revenue, net 23,901,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet 7,992,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Aggregate gross selling price of shipments 18,300,000us-gaap_DeferredRevenueAdditions  
Payment received on shipment 17,100,000us-gaap_DeferredRevenueAndCreditsCurrent  
Number Of customers accounted for accounts receivable 1aria_NumberOfCustomersAccountedForMoreThanTenPercentOfAccountsReceivable 1aria_NumberOfCustomersAccountedForMoreThanTenPercentOfAccountsReceivable
Outside the United States    
Schedule Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Long lived assets 1,400,000us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_GeographicConcentrationRiskMember
1,300,000us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_GeographicConcentrationRiskMember
Biologics, Inc.    
Schedule Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Product revenue, net $ 1,200,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= aria_BiologicsMember
 
Net product revenue    
Schedule Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Number of customers accounted for net product sales 1aria_NumberOfCustomersAccountingForMoreThanTenPercentOfNetRevenue
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
1aria_NumberOfCustomersAccountingForMoreThanTenPercentOfNetRevenue
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
Net product revenue | Customer One Product Sales    
Schedule Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Customers concentration risk, percentage 77.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= aria_CustomerOneConcentrationRiskMember
58.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= aria_CustomerOneConcentrationRiskMember
Net product revenue | Outside the United States    
Schedule Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Customers concentration risk, percentage 22.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_GeographicConcentrationRiskMember
42.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_GeographicConcentrationRiskMember
Net product revenue | Outside the United States | Germany    
Schedule Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Customers concentration risk, percentage 10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_GeographicConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_DE
31.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_GeographicConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_DE
Accounts receivable | Customer One Product Sales    
Schedule Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Customers concentration risk, percentage 73.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= aria_CustomerOneConcentrationRiskMember
67.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= aria_CustomerOneConcentrationRiskMember
Maximum    
Schedule Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Capitalized costs, amortization period maximum 17 years