Description of Business and Basis of Presentation (Details Narrative) - USD ($)					1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended						8 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Feb. 25, 2020	Apr. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Aug. 31, 2020	Jul. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 25, 2020	Jun. 24, 2020
Proceeds from private placement															$ 2,304,541
Common stock, par value					$ 0.01			$ 0.01						$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized					150,000,000			150,000,000						150,000,000	150,000,000
Net losses								$ (1,986,557)	$ 582,091	$ (4,657,894)	$ (991,126)	$ (1,189,110)	$ (976,063)		$ (6,062,360)	(3,156,299)
Working capital					$ (7,300,000)			(7,300,000)							(7,300,000)
Contingent liability					2,600,000			2,600,000							2,600,000
Service Revenue															1,740,855
Common Stock [Member]
Net losses
GMP Note [Member]
Debt financing		$ 2,000,000							$ 2,000,000
Debt term		1 year
Interest rate		2.00%							2.00%
GMP Note [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Cash paid to clinical trial organization	$ 500,000
Vuong Trieu, CEO [Member]
Funded amount					70,000			70,000							$ 70,000
JH Darbie & Co., Inc. [Member]
Proceeds from private placement					$ 2,650,000		$ 2,650,000	$ 2,300,000
Number of shares issued and sold					53	53	53	25,000
Common stock, par value					$ 0.01			$ 0.01							$ 0.01
Sale of stock price per share					1.00			$ 1.00							1.00
Debt conversion of convertible shares								138,889
Conversion price per share					$ 0.18			$ 0.18							$ 0.18
Placement agent fees					$ 300,000		$ 400,000
JH Darbie & Co., Inc. [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Number of shares issued and sold			40
JH Darbie & Co., Inc. [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Number of shares issued and sold			100
JH Darbie & Co., Inc. [Member] | Warrants [Member]
Number of warrant to purchase shares of common stock					100,000			100,000							100,000
JH Darbie & Co., Inc. [Member] | Edgepoint Warrant [Member]
Number of warrant to purchase shares of common stock					50,000			50,000							50,000
Warrant exercise price per share					$ 1.00			$ 1.00							$ 1.00
JH Darbie & Co., Inc. [Member] | Mateon Warrant [Member]
Number of warrant to purchase shares of common stock					50,000			50,000							50,000
Warrant exercise price per share					$ 0.20			$ 0.20							$ 0.20
GMP and Autotelic BIO [Member]
Service Revenue															$ 1,700,000
Supplemental Agreement [Member] | Oncotelic, Inc. [Member]
Payment for services		$ 500,000
Supplemental Agreement [Member] | GMP Note Liability [Member]
Payment for services		500,000
Debt financing		2,000,000							$ 2,000,000
Supplemental Agreement [Member] | Golden Mountain Partners LLC [Member]
Payment for services				$ 1,200,000
Supplemental Agreement [Member] | Golden Mountain Partners LLC [Member] | Vuong Trieu [Member]
Debt financing		$ 2,000,000							$ 2,000,000
Debt term		1 year
Interest rate		2.00%							2.00%
Darbie Placement Agreement [Member] | JH Darbie & Co., Inc. [Member]
Proceeds from private placement			$ 400,000
Payment of direct placement fees			$ 300,000
Sale of units description			Under the Darbie Placement Agreement, JH Darbie has the right to sell a minimum of 40 Units, as described in Note 6 below, and a maximum of 100 Units on a best-efforts basis. The issuance and sale of the 53 Units in July, August and September 2020 represented the first three tranches of the JH Darbie Financing. JH Darbie also earned the right to 5.3 Units as their fees.
Restated 2015 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] | Common Stock [Member]
Increase the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance																	27,250,000	7,250,000
Increasing the maximum number of stock awards																	1,000,000	500,000
Common stock, shares authorized																	750,000,000	150,000,000
Since Inception Date [Member]
Net losses															18,200,000
Assumed working capital					$ (1,300,000)			$ (1,300,000)							$ (1,300,000)
Securities Purchase Agreement [Member] | Two Notes Payable [Member]
Proceeds from notes payable														$ 2,000,000