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Acquisitions (Details Narrative) - USD ($)			3 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Details Narrative) - USD ($)	Apr. 23, 2019	Apr. 22, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Apr. 21, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Common stock, par value					$ 0.01		$ 0.01
Common stock, shares issued					83,469,967		6,843,802
Common stock, shares outstanding					83,469,967		6,843,802
Shareholders [Member]
Common stock, shares outstanding						41,419,934
Equity ownership percentage		15.00%
Common Stock [Member]
Conversion of shares			80,772
Shares issued during the period			20,750	50,000
Merger Agreement [Member]
Conversion of shares		10,318,746
Common stock, shares issued	82,419,967	41,419,934
Common stock, shares outstanding	82,419,967	41,419,934
Merger Agreement [Member] \| Contingent Value Right [Member]
Percentage of net proceeds from merger		75.00%
Net proceeds from merger		$ 500,000
Merger Agreement [Member] \| Oncotelic [Member]
Conversion of shares		41,000,033
Common stock, shares outstanding		10,318,746
Merger Agreement [Member] \| Oncotelic [Member] \| Former Shareholders [Member]
Shares to be issued during period preferred stock		10,000
Merger Agreement [Member] \| Oncotelic [Member] \| Converted Options [Member]
Conversion of shares		3,102,411
Merger Agreement [Member] \| Oncotelic [Member] \| Converted Warrants [Member]
Conversion of shares		150,000
Merger Agreement [Member] \| Series A Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Conversion of shares		0.01877292
Merger Agreement [Member] \| Series A Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] \| Oncotelic [Member]
Conversion of shares	193,713	193,713
Shares issued during the period		77,154
Stock issued preferred stock conversion basis	preferred stock which converted at a 1:1,000 ratio
Merger Agreement [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Common stock, par value		$ 0.01
Conversion of shares	193,712,995	3.97335267
Conversion of shares, par value		$ 0.01
Merger Agreement [Member] \| Common Stock [Member] \| Oncotelic [Member]
Conversion of shares		1,000
Common stock, shares outstanding		7,866,335
Merger Agreement [Member] \| Common Stock [Member] \| Oncotelic [Member] \| Former Shareholders [Member]
Shares issued during the period		2,100,000